Books

P&C’s ‘Mount Dragon’ (1996) previews pandemic panic

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s second book together, “Mount Dragon” (1996), is a mix of harrowingly current (the threat of a virus that could cause

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Anthony enters PKD’s world in ‘Total Recall’ book (1990)

The “Total Recall” novelization (1990) by Piers Anthony is the only instance of a Philip K. Dick story being adapted into a movie and then

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‘Nick and the Glimmung’ (1988) aims for young readers

A couple years before writing “Galactic Pot-Healer” (1969), Philip K. Dick invented that story’s world (Plowman’s Planet) and villain (Glimmung) in the children’s novel “Nick

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Preston & Child break through with ‘Relic’ (1995)

As it did for many fans, “Relic” (1995) launched my appreciation for the books of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child – both as a duo

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‘Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said’ (1974) probes police state

As Philip K. Dick continues his police state/drug war thematic trilogy with the second leg, “Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said” (written in 1970, published

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‘Our Friends from Frolix 8’ (1970) takes on spy state

“Our Friends from Frolix 8” (written in 1969, published in 1970) kicks off Philip K. Dick’s thematic police state/drug war trilogy, and although “Flow My

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PKD teams with Nelson in ‘Ganymede Takeover’ (1967)

“The Ganymede Takeover” (written in 1965, published in 1967) is in some ways a curious entry in Philip K. Dick’s catalog. Written with his longtime

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‘The Martian’ (2015) one of century’s elite hard SF films

The story of “The Martian’s” publication is as good as the book itself, maybe even better. Computer programmer and amateur author Andy Weir published it

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‘Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night’ (1996) digs into PKD themes

With only a year between novels, it’s unlikely K.W. Jeter was reacting to readers’ complaints about “Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human” when crafting

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Jeter continues saga in ‘Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human’ (1995)

Back when a “Blade Runner” movie sequel seemed unlikely, Bantam (the publisher of “Star Wars” spinoff fiction at the time) and author K.W. Jeter delivered

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