Philip K. Dick
Canonical Writer of the Digital Age
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Science Fiction, American
| Author: | Lejla Kucukalic | ISBN: | 9781135896645 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | December 22, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lejla Kucukalic |
| ISBN: | 9781135896645 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | December 22, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Kucukalic looks beyond the received criticism and stereotypes attached to Philip K. Dick and his work and shows, using a wealth of primary documents including previously unpublished letters and interviews, that Philip K. Dick is a serious and relevant philosophical and cultural thinker whose writing offer us important insights into contemporary digital culture. Evaluating five novels that span Dick's career--from Martian Time Slip (1964) to Valis (1981)--Kucukalic explores the the intersections of identity, narrative, and technology in order to ask two central, but uncharted "Dickian" questions: What is reality? and What is human?
Kucukalic looks beyond the received criticism and stereotypes attached to Philip K. Dick and his work and shows, using a wealth of primary documents including previously unpublished letters and interviews, that Philip K. Dick is a serious and relevant philosophical and cultural thinker whose writing offer us important insights into contemporary digital culture. Evaluating five novels that span Dick's career--from Martian Time Slip (1964) to Valis (1981)--Kucukalic explores the the intersections of identity, narrative, and technology in order to ask two central, but uncharted "Dickian" questions: What is reality? and What is human?
