Books

PKD’s ‘Deus Irae’ (1976) explores dark side of religion

Philip K. Dick’s “Deus Irae” – co-penned with Roger Zelazny (1937-95) — was published in 1976, the decade when he released most of his religious-themed

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Lovegrove steps up game in ‘Firefly: The Ghost Machine’

After leaning into the Western side of sci-fi/Western in his first two “Firefly” novels, James Lovegrove uses sci-fi to good effect in “The Ghost Machine”

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‘Now Wait for Last Year’ (1966) expansive yet personal for PKD

“Now Wait for Last Year” (written in 1963, published in 1966) is narratively about an intragalactic war between three races and drug-induced time-travel. Yet it’s

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Paranoia reigns in PKD’s ‘A Maze of Death’ (1970)

I really liked “A Maze of Death” (written in 1968, published in 1970) on my first read. I enjoyed it when religions were made fun

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‘Galactic Pot-Healer’ (1969) shows PKD’s God interest

“Galactic Pot-Healer” (written in 1968, published in 1969) could be seen as the start of Philip K. Dick’s heavy interest in God and religion that

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‘The Simulacra’ (1964) is PKD’s grand absurdity

“The Simulacra” (written in 1963, published in 1964) is one of Philip K. Dick’s grand absurdities. It’s an expansion of his amusing short story “Novelty

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‘Firefly’ goes full-on Western in ‘Magnificent Nine’ (2019)

James Lovegrove’s first “Firefly” novel – 2018’s “Big Damn Hero,” co-plotted with Nancy Holder – spans several genres. But his second is a straight-up Western,

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PKD explores post-apocalypse in ‘Dr. Bloodmoney’ (1965)

The hydrogen-bomb war (or atomic, or nuclear – pick your poison) was a regular obsession of Philip K. Dick’s. Many of his contemporary-set stories find

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‘Firefly’ flies into novels with ‘Big Damn Hero’ (2018)

A line of “Firefly” novels was advertised in the back of the “Serenity” novelization in 2005, but it wasn’t until 13 years later that we

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‘Time Out of Joint’ (1959) an early PKD masterpiece

“The Man in the High Castle” (1962) put Philip K. Dick on the map, but “Time Out of Joint” (written in 1958, published in 1959)

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