The World According to Philip K. Dick

As the first essay collection dedicated to Philip K. Dick in two decades, this volume breaks new ground in science fiction scholarship and brings innovative critical perspectives to the study of one of the twentieth century's most influential authors.

The story of this collection of essays begins in 2012, a productive year for Philip K. Dick scholarship. I would recommend to any scholar or student who wishes to tackle the issue of madness in Dick, and I hope it may inspire further research in that direction. is a must-read for PKD scholars, and might be even more productive if approached as a series of articulate suggestions of future lines of research within and through Dick's oeuvre. (Umberto Rossi, Science Fiction Studies, Vol. 43, 2016)

Autorentext
Marcus Boon, York University, Canada Mark Bould, University of the West of England, UK James Burton, Institute for Cultural Inquiry in Berlin, Germany Fabienne Collingnon, University of Sheffield, UK Erik Davis, Independent Scholar, USA Richard Doyle, Penn State University, USA Yari Lanci, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK Roger Luckhurst, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK Laurence A. Rickels, University of California, USA Chris Rudge, University of Sydney, Australia Stefan Schlensag, Dortmund University, Germany Takayuki Tatsumi, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Inhalt
Introduction: Third Reality: On the Persistence of Philip K. Dick; Alexander Dunst PART I: HISTORY 1. Diagnosing Dick; Roger Luckhurst 2. 'The Shock of Dysrecognition': Biopolitical Subjects and Drugs in Dick's Science Fiction; Chris Rudge 3. Cold-Pac Politics: Ubik's Cold War Imaginary; Fabienne Collignon: PART II: THEORY 4. Between Scanner and Object: Drugs and Ontology in A Scanner Darkly; Marcus Boon 5. From Here to California: Philip K. Dick, The Simulacra, and Post-War Integrations of Germany; Laurence Rickels 6. Remember Tomorrow: Biopolitics of Time in the Early Works of Philip K. Dick; Yari Lanci: PART III: ADAPTATION 7. Dick without the Dick: Adaptation Studies and Slipstream Cinema; Mark Bould 8. Mr. Tagomi's Planet: Philip K. Dick and Japanese Speculative Fiction; Takayuki Tatsumi 9. On Three Comics Adaptations of Philip K. Dick; Stefan Schlensag PART IV: EXEGESIS 10. The Hymn of Philip K. Dick: Reading, Writing, and Gnosis in the 'Exegesis'; Erik Davis 11. Stairway to Eleusis, or: Perennially Philip K. Dick; Richard Doyle 12. From Exegesis to Ecology; James Burton Selected Bibliography Index