Philip K. Dick

The Philip K. Dick Film Festival Announced

A fan based film festival is being organized in New York City called the Philip K. Dick Film Festival to take place November 9 – 11, 2012 in honor of Philip K. Dick’s fantastic legacy in Science Fiction and philosophy. This is a not for profit operation. The goal to show good films inspired by […]

Attend the 2012 Philip K. Dick Festival

Precious Artifacts Announcement

David Hyde (Lord Running Clam) and Henri Wintz are close to publishing their PKD bibliography, PRECIOUS ARTIFACTS: A Philip K. Dick Bibliography, USA and UK Editions, 1955-2012. What promises to be an amazing accomplishment and update to all previous biographies is scheduled to be published in June. They have also launched a Kickstarter project in […]

New Issue of PKD Otaku

A new issue of PKD Otaku has been published. You can view it here: PKD Otaku Issue 24 or view past issues. Please be patient after clicking on the link for this issue. The file is large and requires more time to download. An alternative would be to save the file to your computer and […]

Review: Pink Beams of Light from the God in the Gutter: The Science-Fictional Religion of Philip K. Dick by Gabriel McKee (2003)

In the comments section, please add your your review, your criticism or a link to as post when you have much more to write than would fit in a comment. This book is an excellent academic study of the theme of religion in the works of Philip K. Dick. The book is a slim […]

Review: Vulcan’s Hammer (1960)

In the comments section, please add your your review, your criticism or a link to as post when you have much more to write than would fit in a comment. Amazon.com Reviews Entry in PKDweb

Review: Dr. Futurity (1960)

In the comments section, please add your your review, your criticism or a link to as post when you have much more to write than would fit in a comment. Amazon.com Reviews Entry in PKDweb

Public Domain Philip K. Dick Stories

I sense something brewing with the issue of incorrectly managed copyright renewals and Public Domain Philip K. Dick stories. We have already seen the news about the producers refusing to finish paying for the rights to Adjustment Team and there are eleven stories that have been put into Project Gutenberg that I have archived on […]

Review: Time Out of Joint (1959)

In the comments section, please add your your review, your criticism or a link to as post when you have much more to write than would fit in a comment. Amazon.com Reviews Entry in PKDweb Summary by Brian Davies: Time Out Of Joint (1959) Review by Jason Koornick: Time Out Of Joint (1959)

Review: The Man Who Japed (1956)

In the comments section, please add your your review, your criticism or a link to as post when you have much more to write than would fit in a comment. Amazon.com Reviews Entry in PKDweb On Political Satire in P.K. Dick’s The Man Who Japed Digressions on The Man Who Japed

Changes To Video Portion Of Multimedia Page

I made changes to the list of YouTube video links to multi-part documentaries about Philip K. Dick on the Multimedia page. Instead of a list of links to part 1, part 2, etc. I created a page for each series and embedded the videos into the page. This is what I ended up with: Philip.K. […]

Philip K. Dick Novels And Stories Referred To Throughout “The Exegesis”

Rt Rev Allen Greenfield made this comment on the “About The Site” page which I thought was an excellent question I couldn’t fully answer: Has someone come up with a list of the PKD books and stories he refers to throughout The Exegesis. I’ve read all of his books, pretty much as they appeared, even […]

Review: A Kindred Spirit by ej Morgan (2011)

In the comments section, please add your your review, your criticism or a link to as post when you have much more to write than would fit in a comment. My favorite Philip K. Dick book is Valis and when I began reading this novel I used that book like a guide post in […]

Review: Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits? Edited by D.E. Wittkower (2011)

In the comments section, please add your your review, your criticism or a link to as post when you have much more to write than would fit in a comment. I spent more time Reading “Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits?” than I expected to and it wasn’t because I […]

PKD Otaku 24 Coming In April

Review: Eye In The Sky (1957)

In the comments section, please add your your review, your criticism or a link to as post when you have much more to write than would fit in a comment. Eye In The Sky issue of For Dickheads Only (This issue has a special place in my heart because it has an article by […]

Thirty Years Ago Today [Updated More]

On March 2, 1982 Philip K. Dick died of a heart attack after having two strokes and being placed in the hospital. I was eleven years old and had not heard of Philip K. Dick even though I was reading Science Fiction and Fantasy novels. I saw Blade Runner when it was shown on network […]

Newly Added To The Site: February 2, 2002

I know that many of you may miss new things added like new articles or multimedia that are added to the site and not published on the front page. So I will write a post like this whenever I feel that enough items have been added behind the front page that it warrants a post. […]

Dickhead (short film) by Ewan Povey and others

A fan sent me a Philip K. Dickesque movie and asked if I could share it. I have embedded it here and put a link to it on the Multimedia page. The film is described by Ewan as “sort of a psychotic comedy about a man who seems to be trapped in a Philip K […]

Website Milestone Reached

We have just reached a milestone in the history of this website. All of the scholarly content from the old philipkdickfans site has been brought over and reorganized into categories along with being mixed with new content. One of the major goals of the website is to provide a place for fans and academics to […]