Philip K. Dick
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Young conductor revels in the past...related to his studies. "I love science fiction and big, complex, postmodern, weird books -- writers like Thomas Pynchon and Philip K. Dick." He's a big fan of film as well, he says. "I tend to go through directors; I've just done Mike... In this article: Francesco Cavalli, Pinchgut Opera, Montreal, and Thomas Pynchon |
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thestar.com | 7 days ago
Jonathan Lethem's imaginary metropolis
...science fiction city," adds the author, who grew up in Brooklyn obsessed by comics, punk, Jean-Luc Godard, graffiti and Philip K. Dick. And New York. "It was founded on unreality and projection and dream and possibilities and it's fuelled by...
In this article: Jonathan Lethem, Manhattan, New York City, Marlon Brando, Brooklyn, Upper East Side, Pit Bull, Narcotic, and Vertigo
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Philly.com | 7 days ago
Philip K. Dick's deconstruction of madness
...person to gain much-needed objectivity." As it happens, "Horselover" is what the name Philip means, and "dick" in German means "fat." "Philip Dick" means "Horselover Fat." Of course, Dick, as narrator, refers to himself in the first...
In this article: Valis, Sophia, Legal age, God, and Psychosis
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New York Times | November 20, 2009
Week 11 N.F.L. Matchups
...automatons four years ago, opting instead for spread-option freewheelers like Alex Smith. Rodgers abandoned Asimov for Philip K. Dick: like Roy Batty in "Blade Runner," he rejected his programming. Rodgers is now the dangerous loose...
In this article: Josh Cribbs, Browns, Cowboys, Aaron Ross, Josh McDaniels, Dick Jauron, Norv Turner, Andy Reid, Patriots, and Colts
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Denver Post Entertainment | November 19, 2009
Best Bets
...of Outdoor Arts, the centerpiece is a literal interpretation of the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. The event runs on various dates through Jan. 3. 5-9 p.m. Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe...
In this article: Colorado, Railroad Earth, Boulder, and The Art Institute of Colorado
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | November 18, 2009
Interview: Matt Damon - 'There's a style of acting that tends to get rewarded. It's not what I do'
...morning of sprinting through Manhattan streets in the pouring rain for The Adjustment Bureau, a romantic thriller based on a Philip K Dick story. a ¢ Picture: AFP The last set-up of the morning calls for Damon, wearing a pork-pie hat,...
In this article: Matt Damon, Paul Greengrass, Clint Eastwood, Bourne, Steven Soderbergh, The Informant, Green Zone, Good Will Hunting, Oscar, and Manhattan
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Miami Herald - Breaking News | November 18, 2009
Cage uncuffs inner bad cop for `Bad Lieutenant'
...experience. MOVIE REVIEW: 'Next' is bag of cheap tricks You start with a short story by one of the true sci-fi masters, Philip K. Dick, with an intriguing premise about a guy who can see into his own future and anticipate all possible...
In this article: Nicolas Cage, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Werner Herzog, Nick Hornby, New Orleans, Academy Award, An Education, Die Another Day, and Robert Rodriguez
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Village Voice | November 16, 2009
John Woo's Killer Instincts Return for Red Cliff
...heights of a Tom Cruise tentpole picture (Mission: Impossible II), and finally bottomed out in 2003 with the fittingly titled Philip K. Dick adaptation Paycheck. The John Woo who made that movie seemed spiritually broken and creatively...
In this article: John Woo, Red Cliff, Sun Quan, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang, Zhao Wei, Hard Boiled, and China
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TIME | November 15, 2009
Family Movie: Astro Boy Is Sweet Success
...reverberations of familiar mythic characters: Frankenstein, Pinocchio and Jesus. Plus the old Philip K. Dick premise of a man who doesn't know he's a cyborg, that Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg borrowed for A.I.: Artificial...
In this article: Astro Boy, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, Ham Egg, Dr. Tenma, and DreamWorks
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Gearlog | November 13, 2009
Computer Testing Machine Flunks Hemingway, Churchill
...Burgess's A Clockwork Orange, meanwhile, was just classified as "bizarre." Some students, meanwhile, have managed to fool the machines, which experts are calling "schmoozing the computer." A Phillip K. Dick book title if ever I've heard one.
In this article: Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, The Times, A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess, The Old Man and the Sea, and Phillip K. Dick
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Guardian Unlimited | November 12, 2009
Will Kick-Ass live up to its name?
...shot of it. He's more than capable of producing excellent genre fare featuring big name stars, as he proved with the pitch-perfect Philip K Dick science-fiction tale Minority Report (starring Tom Cruise) in 2002. Actors seem to raise their...
In this article: Kick-Ass, Steven Spielberg, Will Smith, Oldboy, Mark Millar, Chloe Moretz, Spider-Man, Matthew Vaughn, and Oldboy
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Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, – March 2, ) was an American science fiction novelist and short story writer. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments, and altered states. 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 and addressed the nature of drug use, paranoia and schizophrenia, and mystical experiences in novels such as A Scanner Darkly and VALIS.
The novel The Man in the High Castle bridged the genres of alternate history and science fiction, earning Dick a Hugo Award for Best Novel in . Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said, a novel about a celebrity who awakens in a parallel universe where he is unknown, won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel in . "I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own mind, not the world we actually have, because the world we actually have does not meet my standards," Dick wrote of these stories. "In my writing I even question the universe; I wonder out loud if it is real, and I wonder out loud if all of us are real."
- Also Known As:
- Horselover Fat
- Richard Philips
- PKD
- Jack Dowland
- Birth Date:
- December 16, 1928
- Birthplace:
- Chicago, Illinois
- Death Date:
- March 02, 1982
- Place of Death:
- Santa Ana, California
- Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Novelist, essayist, short story writer
- Influenced By:
- Flaubert, Balzac, Kant, Marcel Proust, Carl Jung, Samuel Beckett, Dostoyevsky, John Sladek, Nathanael West, Jorge Luis Borges, Jack Spicer
- Influenced:
- The Wachowski Brothers, Jean Baudrillard, David Cronenberg, Richard Linklater, Jonathan Lethem, Fredric Jameson, Slavoj Žižek, Roberto Bolaño, Rodrigo Fresán, Mark E. Smith
- Website:
- http://www.philipkdick.com
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