The deliciously wild ideas outpace the narrative in “The Game-Players of Titan” (1963), a Philip K. Dick novel that has many loyal defenders. Although I
“Mary and the Giant” (written in 1954, published in 1987) is a nice gender-swapped companion piece to “Voices from the Street” (1952, 2007), this time
Setting aside the fact that time travel is by its very nature crazy, “Dr. Futurity” (1960, expanding from the 1954 short story “Time Pawn”) is
“Vulcan’s Hammer” (written in 1953, published in 1960) is Philip K. Dick’s first foray into novel-length science fiction (although not his first published), and it’s
“Voices from the Street” (written in 1952, published in 2007) was Philip K. Dick’s last published novel — finally hitting shelves a quarter-century after his
“In Milton Lumky Territory” (written in 1958, published in 1985) is at first glance one of Philip K. Dick’s lesser novels. It’s among his rare
“Humpty Dumpty in Oakland” (written in 1960, published in 1986) – the last-written of Philip K. Dick’s nine non-science fiction novels – is perhaps his
From 1997’s “Halloween Rain” through 2008’s “One Thing or Your Mother” — and with the bonus of Kiersten White’s “Slayer” duology in recent years —
“The Cosmic Puppets” (written in 1953, published in 1957) is a short but exceedingly weird battle between Good and Evil that plays out in the
Paul Williams’ afterword in the Vintage edition of “Lies, Inc.” (1984) is almost a better read than the novel itself. The literary executor of Philip