"& Sutin - The Shifting Realities of PK Dick" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dick Phillip K)

The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick
Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings
by Philip K. Dick
Edited and with an Introduction by Lawrence Sutin
Copyright 1995 - First Vintage Books Edition
ISBN 0-679-42644-2
eVersion 4.0 / Important Formatting Notes at End - Please Read Before Converting



START Back Cover

Nonfiction/Science Fiction

"A wide-ranging selection of free-wheeling philosophical essays and journal entries; humorous, thoughtful speeches; and plot scenarios. . . . For both casual and serious Dick fans, The Shifting Realities unearths some gems." -- Boston Phoenix
Philip K. Dick was both our most brilliant science fiction writer and a visionary philosopher who chose to couch his speculations in fiction. For, as he wrote about androids and virtual reality, schizophrenic prophets and amnesiac gods, Dick was also posing fundamental questions: What is reality? What is sanity? And what is human? This unprecedented collection of Dick's literary and philosophical writings acquaints us with the astonishing range and eloquence of his lifelong inquiry.
The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick includes autobiography, critiques of science fiction, and dizzyingly provocative essays such as "The Android and the Human" and "It You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others." Readers will also find two chapters of a proposed sequel to Dick's award-winning novel The Man in the High Castle and selections from the metaphysical Exegesis that inspired his classic VALIS.
Witty, erudite, and exploding with intellectual shrapnel, this is the last testament of an American original. This collection confirms Dick's reputation as one of the foremost imaginative thinkers of the twentieth century.

END Back Cover



To Mab, for her ceaseless fascination and patience with Philip K. Dick, and to Henry, always the most attentive reader of the Exegesis.

The editor would also like to thank Douglas A. Mackey for his kind assistance in tracing prior publication data for certain of the writings inluded herein.


Contents

Introduction

Part One - Autobiographical Writings
Two Fragments from the Mainstream Novel Gather Yourselves Together (1949)
"Introducing the Author" (1953)
"Biographical Material on Philip K. Dick" (1968)
"Self Portrait" (1968)
"Notes Made Late at Night by a Weary SF Writer" (1968, 1972)
"Biographical Material on Philip K. Dick" (1972)
"Biographical Material on Philip K. Dick" (1973)
"Memories Found in a Bill from a Small Animal Vet" (1976)
"The Short, Happy Life of a Science Fiction Writer" (1976)
"Strange Memories of Death" (1979, 1984)
"Philip K. Dick on Philosophy: A Brief Interview," Conducted by Frank C. Bertrand (1980, 1988)

Part Two - Writings on Science Fiction and Related Ideas
"Pessimism in Science Fiction" (1955)
"Will the Atomic Bomb Ever Be Perfected, and If So, What Becomes of Robert Heinlein?" (1966)
"The Double: Bill Symposium": Replies to "A Questionnaire for Professional SF Writers and Editors" (1969)
"That Moon Plaque" (1969)