Books

PKD digs into religious questions in ‘VALIS’ (1981)

Philip K. Dick reworks the themes from “Radio Free Albemuth” (written in 1976, published in 1985) in “VALIS” (1978, 1981), after “RFA” was initially nixed

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‘Roswell’ flashback: ‘Loose Ends’ (2001) (Book review)

After Melinda Metz’s 10-book YA series “Roswell High” (1998-2000) handed the baton to the TV series “Roswell” in 1999, Jason Katims and his writing team

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‘Radio Free Albemuth’ (1985) is PKD’s first attempt at ‘VALIS’

Books about an individual being pestered by an authoritarian government are often difficult to read because of their hopeless nature, and a sense that it’s

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All 18 stories from PKD’s ‘Collected Stories, Vol. 4’ (1987), ranked

Because the five volumes of “The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick” have been reprinted many times under many different names, I’m referring to them

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‘First Blood’ (1972, 1982) explores physical, psychological brutality of war

With “Rambo: Last Blood” – Sylvester Stallone’s supposedly last (haha) go-around with the famous Vietnam veteran — hitting theaters this week, I’m taking a look

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All 23 stories from PKD’s ‘Collected Stories, Vol. 3’ (1987), ranked

Because the five volumes of “The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick” have been reprinted many times under many different names, I’m referring to them

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All 27 stories from PKD’s ‘Collected Stories, Vol. 2’ (1987), ranked

Because the five volumes of “The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick” have been reprinted many times under many different names, I’m referring to them

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‘A Scanner Darkly’ (1977) is PKD’s harrowing anti-drug novel

My sharpest memory from my first read of “A Scanner Darkly” (1977) was the very Philip K. Dickian scenario of a police detective investigating himself,

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All 25 stories from PKD’s ‘Collected Stories, Vol. 1’ (1987), ranked

Because the five volumes of “The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick” have been reprinted many times under many different names, I’m referring to them here

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PKD’s ‘Martian Time-Slip’ (1964) crazily searches for sanity

“Martian Time-Slip” (1964) is set on the frontier of Mars, so naturally – this being a Philip K. Dick novel – it’s about … the

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