philip k dick

An eerie clip from the science channel. Apparently, someone thought it would be a neat idea to make an animatronic interactive replica of Philip K. Dick. This scene has a guy asking it questions: http://www.hansonrobotics.com/movies/sci_ch_NeXtFesT.asf

Has anyone read that book (by Philip K. Dick)? I was going to order this for a sci-fi reading group. I'm not sure how good/bad ...

You may start the discussion at any time - you might want to begin with certain questions regarding style and form before you get to discussing the 'meat' of the book. Fire away! :)

From www.scifi.com/scifiwire : I read Altered Carbon last year, and found it to be very good. It made me think of Heinlein's future histories in tone, mixed with a noirish whodunnit. Really very good new scifi, just when I was beginning to think that I would never enjoy a brand new scifi...

This wired.com article attempts an explanation... http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.12/philip_pr.html Makes interesting reading and compares the short stories with the films, which often bear little resemblance.

"He offered to sell them the secret of eternal life. All he asked in return was their souls" I don't know if it's worth me doing a review of this, as there are so many already on the web. This is a reasonable one: http://www.philipkdick.com/ttsopa.htm "Earth is ceasing to become our natural...

Written in 1962 ‘The Man in the High Castle’ won Philip K Dick the Hugo Award. Imagine the world if the Allies had lost the Second World War. The African continent virtually wiped out by the Nazis, the Mediterranean drained to make farmland, rocket-ships make journeys across the world in...