Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick’s Top Novels

The other day while I was answering another comment, I found a comment from James on November 8 which I had intended to address but it slipped my mind. (James, I apologize) He asked: james Says: November 8th, 2011 at 11:26 am e Hello- Quick question… his TOP 10 NOVELS, not novellas in your opinion […]

The 2012 Philip K. Dick Calendars Are Here!

The tradition continues with the 2012 Philip K. Dick Calendar (available as a single pdf or the original Word documents). We hope that you enjoy them and will use them throughout the year. The creation of the calendars involved effort mostly by Lord Running Clam plus some work by the web site developer and are […]

Review: The World Jones Made (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. The World Jones Made issue of For Dickheads Only Summary by Jason Koornick Amazon.com Reviews The World Jones Made entry in PKDweb

Brief Notes About Site Updates

I would like to encourage all fans of Philip K. Dick to check in on this site semi-regularly to see what is new because a lot of work has been spent bringing over old content and adding new content. So the site may seem to be more static now but actually much work has been […]

Happy 83rd Birthday

I would like to wish Phil a Happy 83rd Birthday today (what few minutes are left of it!) and just let him know that he is missed by his many fans wherever he happens to be right now.

Call for Papers: Worlds Out of Joint: Re-Imagining Philip K. Dick

An International Conference from 15-18 November, 2012 at TU Dortmund University, Germany 2012 sees the thirtieth anniversary of the untimely death, at the age of 53, of Philip K. Dick – a figure whose cultural impact within and beyond science fiction remains difficult to overestimate. Dick’s academic and popular reputation continues to grow, as a number of […]

2012 Philip K. Dick Festival

Philip K. Dick in 21st Century The Largest Gathering of PKD Scholars and Fans Ever Assembled in North America, A Multi-disciplinary Celebration of the Legendary California Writer Philip K. Dick is arguably one of the most important writers of the 21st century. Dick’s uncanny prescience not only foretold of our current surveillance technology and color-coded […]

Review: Clans of the Alphane Moon (1964)

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. Clans of the Alphane Moon issue of For Dickheads Only Summary and Review by Jason Koornick Amazon.com Reviews Links from reader comments: Book reviews: […]

Review: The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick (2111)

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 Explaining Philip K Dick’s Exegesis by Daniel Kalder The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick by Paul Di Filippo The Voices in Philip K. […]

Philip K. Dick Reviews And Criticism

In the spirit of For Dickheads Only in which each issue was focused on only one novel and there were reviews, discussions, and well thought out literary criticism all mixed together, I would like to start a similar thing on this site. I will post a book and add any links I found of reviews, […]

The Ask Question/Discuss Permanent Post

I have put this sticky or permanent post at the top of the blog to allow readers to make general comments, ask questions, discuss topics, anything else. My goal is to be open about what’s happening on the site and that users are able to enjoy the content or learn something new.

Thankful For A Great Man

As Thanksgiving approaches, I would like to share one person who I am very thankful for even though I have never met him: Paul Williams. I will quote what Jason Koornick wrote about Paul on the previous version of this site in May 2009: Paul Williams was a friend and early champion of Philip […]

Question And An Update

I would like to give some updates on the progress on building out philipdick.com. First, I have been working on pulling all available Philip K. Dick books from Amazon.com for the Works In Print section. I have the Novels and Non Fiction completed, I believe (Please let me know if you see an error.) The […]

11-17-1971 Break-in — 40 Year Anniversary

After the comments by The PKD Fan Group on Facebook about the anniversary of the infamous break-in, I thought I would celebrate the date in a some way and post Paul Williams’s famous Rolling Stone article in which a discussion of it figures prominently. /mirror/articles/1974_Rolling_Stone.pdf This will be the permanent location on this site for the article. […]

Just the PKD Facts, Please

I would really desperately like to offer Philip K. Dick relevant news on this site in such a way that I don’t need to post it all. I would like it to come in automatically and appear in a feed like I set up on the top right box of the content. Today’s top story is Standing Pat which […]

New Cover Controversy?

I’ve seen many social media discussions about the new editions of especially the look and design of the covers. I think the overall look that Mariner Books is shooting for with these is a literary novel or contemporary fiction. Maybe that’s part of why us science fiction readers (for those of you who identify with […]

Major Changes To The Site!

I have made some massive additions to the site and I hope that everyone enjoys them. The best way to understand what’s going on is to read “About The Site” which was added to the menu. Basically, a resource repository has been added to the site which contains recent articles, journals and the old pre-2003 […]

Exegesis Article With Excerpt

Slate posted a short article today about the publication of the Exegesis. I have archived it on this site in pdf format Philip K. Dick Loses Touch With Reality. I liked the article on something struck when I was reading the excerpt. The Exegesis consists of notes and writings that can range in length from a multi-page […]

Exegesis Is Here!

I haven’t posted anything about the release of The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick because I assumed that anyone who likes Philip K. Dick knows about this because of the importance of this release. I have a copy of the first release of the Exegesis and have only read parts of it because it is difficult […]

Must Be A Big Week For Ridley Scott…

Another story from the Wall Street Journal blog this week about Ridley Scott. A post titled “Ridley Scott Spills the Secrets of ‘Prometheus’”, his next movie which will be a science fiction movie and his first in several years. I believe that it is a prequel to Alien. I especially like this quote which also […]