Why Is Philip K Dick Considered Iconic? The Philip K Dick Award Storybundle
Why Is
Philip K Dick Considered Iconic?
The Philip K Dick Award Storybundle
Unlike
pulp genre science fiction of the nineteen-fifties, featuring spaceships and macho
ship captains and bug-eyed aliens, Philip
K Dick explored philosophical, sociological, political, and metaphysical
themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian
governments, and altered states of consciousness.
In
his later works, Dick's thematic focus strongly reflected his personal interest
in metaphysics
and theology.
He often drew upon his own life experiences in addressing the nature of drug abuse,
paranoia,
schizophrenia,
and transcendental experiences.
He
was a breath of fresh air to his fellow authors and SF readers of the
nineteen-sixties and seventies and remains an inspiration and influence to this
day.
His
high concepts have translated well into other media. Eleven popular films based
on his works have been produced, including Blade Runner,
Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly, Minority
Report, Paycheck,
Next,
Screamers, The Adjustment Bureau, and Impostor.
As Lewis Shiner eloquently wrote on Facebook, “One of the reasons I was so
pleased to be nominated for the Philip K Dick award is that Dick was and is one
of my favorite writers of all time. I've never read anybody who did a better
job of finding the frayed seams in reality and sticking his hand through them.
He spun paranoia, desire, and disappointment into novels and stories of
terrible beauty.” https://www.facebook.com/lewis.shiner?fref=ts
In
2005, Time magazine named Ubik one of the
hundred greatest English-language novels published since 1923. In 2007, Dick
became the first science fiction writer to be included in The Library
of America series.
So
there you have it, my friends. The Philip K Dick Award Storybundle includes
Aestival Tide by Elizabeth Hand
(PKD Finalist), Life by Gwyneth
Jones (PKD Winner), The Cipher by
Kathe Koja (PKD Finalist), Points of Departure by Pat Murphy (PKD Winner), Dark Seeker by K. W. Jeter (PKD Finalist), Summer of Love by Lisa Mason (PKD Finalist), Frontera
by Lewis Shiner (PKD Finalist), Acts
of Conscience by William Barton (PKD
Special Citation), Maximum Ice by
Kay Kenyon (PKD Finalist), Knight Moves by Walter Jon Williams (PKD Finalist), and Reclamation by Sarah Zettel
(PKD Finalist).
The Philip K Dick Award Storybundle runs only until October 15. Once it’s gone, it’s gone.
Download yours today at http://storybundle.com/pkdaward
and enjoy world-class, award-winning
reading right now and into the holidays.
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