Episodes
Tuesday Jun 26, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 99.3: Martian Time-Slip (3)
Tuesday Jun 26, 2018
Tuesday Jun 26, 2018
More of my thoughts on Philip K. Dick's novel "Martian Time-Slip".
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 122.3: Counter Clock World, Part 3
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
The Library has become victorious in stealing the Anarch. Can the various factions interested in him get him back before the Library can prevent him from writing any more dangerous books?
Thursday Nov 01, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 117.3: Now Wait for Last Year (3)
Thursday Nov 01, 2018
Thursday Nov 01, 2018
This novel, "Now Wait for Last Year" by Philip K. Dick, starts to get weird in part 3 of my review.
Saturday Nov 10, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 118: We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
Saturday Nov 10, 2018
Saturday Nov 10, 2018
In this episode I take on the 1966 short story by Philip K. Dick "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale". It has spies, aliens, and world-saving empathy.
Sunday Nov 11, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 119: Holy Quarrel
Sunday Nov 11, 2018
Sunday Nov 11, 2018
In "Holy Quarrel", Philip K. Dick takes on big data....again. A really good story and more relevant than ever.
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 120: Your Appointment Will be Yesterday
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Friday Nov 16, 2018
A preview of his novel "Counter-Clock World", "Your Appointment Will be Here Yesterday" introduces us to the Hobart phase and the consequences of the rising dead.
Thursday Nov 22, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 121.2: The Zap Gun, Part 2
Thursday Nov 22, 2018
Thursday Nov 22, 2018
In this part of the Zap Gun, we continue to follow Lars Powderdry's depression, but learn that maybe there is a way about by taking the manufacturing of weapons a bit more serious. And it just may be important.
Monday Nov 26, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 121.3: The Zap Gun, Part 3
Monday Nov 26, 2018
Monday Nov 26, 2018
Comic book weapons, alien slavers, and time traveling androids complicate the live of our hero Lars Powderdry in part three of my review of Philip K. Dick's "The Zap Gun".
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 122.2: Counter Clock World, Part 2
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
In this section of Philip K. Dick's "Counter-Clock World" we learn that the once-dead Anarch Peak still has something to say and that there are lots of people who will kill to hear what he has to say...or to eradicate what he has to say. Our hero's scheme to make a quick buck gets a lot of more complicated.
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 122.4: Counter Clock World, Part 4
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
The conclusion to Philip K. Dick's "Counter-Clock World" centers on a failed rescue attempt at the Library, a forthcoming race war, and the question of how our hero Sebastien Hermes can find new meaning in life with the death of his wife and the near destruction of his business.
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 116.3: The Crack in Space (3)
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
Will the Pekes take over Earth Prime? Will the population crisis be averted? Find out in the conclusion to my review of Philip K. Dick's "The Crack in Space".
Sunday Dec 09, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 123: Retreat Match
Sunday Dec 09, 2018
Sunday Dec 09, 2018
"Retreat Match" by Philip K. Dick is a really good story on false memories, shifting realities, and the politics of empire.
Friday Dec 14, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 124: Faith of Our Fathers
Friday Dec 14, 2018
Friday Dec 14, 2018
Philip K. Dick's contribution to "Dangerous Visions" was "Faith of Our Fathers", one of his most important stories on false fronts and the prison of state power.
Monday Dec 17, 2018
Monday Dec 17, 2018
The opening chapters of Philip K. Dick's great novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" puts us in a bleak world of mood organs, empathy boxes, lead codpieces, and kipple.
Thursday Dec 20, 2018
Thursday Dec 20, 2018
Part two of my review of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" gives us a chance to explore the empathy test as we watch Deckard begin his mission to hunt down the rogue Nexus-6 androids.
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
In this "finale" of the Philip K. Dick Book Club, I look at RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH. This novel is far superior to the re-write (VALIS). I love the look at a slowly creeping dystopia and the necessity of futile but inevitably victorious resistance.
Monday Dec 31, 2018
Monday Dec 31, 2018
We reach the climax of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". How will Deckard do his job when he realizes that he has developed empathy for androids?
Tuesday Jan 08, 2019
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 126: Not By Its Cover
Tuesday Jan 08, 2019
Tuesday Jan 08, 2019
"Not By Its Cover" by Philip K. Dick looks at religious texts, preservation, reproduction and authenticity. It is a nice story that is firmly in Dick's period of religious speculation, but it may be more significant for what it says about knowledge preservation in a digital age.
Tuesday Jan 08, 2019
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 127.1: Ubik, Part 1
Tuesday Jan 08, 2019
Tuesday Jan 08, 2019
The first part of my review of Philip K. Dick's "Ubik". This novel would have been great it if was just about industrial espionage and post-humanism, which is what we think we are getting in the beginning of the story.
Sunday Oct 28, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 117.2: Now Wait for Last Year (2)
Sunday Oct 28, 2018
Sunday Oct 28, 2018
Part two of my thoughts on Philip K. Dick's "Now Wait for Last Year." So much fun.
Thursday Oct 18, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 116.2: The Crack in Space (2)
Thursday Oct 18, 2018
Thursday Oct 18, 2018
Part two of my analysis of "The Crack in Space". An underappreciated novel.
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 127.4: Ubik, Part 4
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
The quite bleak finale of "Ubik" by Philip K. Dick. It is not entirely clear what is going on as this novel closes. You will either love it or hate it, but in my view it does not ruin a fascinating novel.
Wednesday Aug 22, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 106: Oh! To be a Blobel
Wednesday Aug 22, 2018
Wednesday Aug 22, 2018
More family drama in Philip K. Dick's short story "Oh! To be a Blobel".
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 99.4: Martian Time-Slip (4)
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
We are nearing the end of "Martian Time-Slip". In this part of the novel, things get a little bit weird.
Friday Jul 06, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 100.1: The Simulacra (1)
Friday Jul 06, 2018
Friday Jul 06, 2018
Part one of my review of Philip K. Dick's 1964 novel "The Simulacra". It's a good one.
Tuesday Jul 10, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 100.2: The Simulacra (2)
Tuesday Jul 10, 2018
Tuesday Jul 10, 2018
Part two of my thoughts on Phiip K. Dick's "The Simulacra".
Sunday Jul 15, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 100.3: The Simulacra (3)
Sunday Jul 15, 2018
Sunday Jul 15, 2018
More of mny comments on Philip K. Dick's "The Simulacra".
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: The Simulacra, Part 4
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Part 4 of my thoughts on Philip K. Dick's 1964 novel "The Simulacra".
Tuesday Jul 31, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 101. Clans of the Alpane Moon
Tuesday Jul 31, 2018
Tuesday Jul 31, 2018
A one off episode giving my thougths and complete review of "Clans of the Alphane Moon" by Philip K. Dick.
Friday Aug 10, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 103: Waterspider
Friday Aug 10, 2018
Friday Aug 10, 2018
In this 1964 short story, Philip K. Dick writes himself into a tale about time travel and the origin of creativity.
Sunday Aug 19, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 105: Orpheus With Clay Feet
Sunday Aug 19, 2018
Sunday Aug 19, 2018
Another short story by Philip K. Dick published in 1964, one of his most prolific years. This one is on creativity and inspiration, with a sci-fi twist.
Monday Aug 27, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 107: War with the Fnools"
Monday Aug 27, 2018
Monday Aug 27, 2018
More silliness from 1964 Philip K. Dick in "The War with the Fnools".
Friday Oct 12, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 115: Retreat Syndrome
Friday Oct 12, 2018
Friday Oct 12, 2018
My thougths on Philip K. Dick's short story "Retreat Syndrome".
Thursday Aug 30, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 108: What the Dead Men Say
Thursday Aug 30, 2018
Thursday Aug 30, 2018
In this episode, we look at "What the Dead Men Say", in which Philip K. Dick introduces the concept of half-life and plays with the power of media and corpoations.
Sunday Sep 02, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 109: A Game of Unchance
Sunday Sep 02, 2018
Sunday Sep 02, 2018
We return to the familiar ground of frontiers in Philip K. Dick's short story on consumerism and manufactured markets in "A Game of Unchance".
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 110: The Little Black Box
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
In this episode we look at Philip K. Dick's short story "The Little Black Box", a story about religion, empathy, and the limits of state power.
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 112: Dr. Bloodmoney
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
And now for one of Philip K. Dick's most fascinating post-nuclear war settings in "Dr. Bloodmoney". It is another one-off episode on a novel, so be prepared.
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
Part one of my review of Dick's wounderful novel "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrtich". In this part we learn about Mars, PP Layouts, and Can-D.
Sunday Sep 23, 2018
Sunday Sep 23, 2018
Part Three of my review of Philip K. Dick's "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch." Things are getting weird.
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 113.4:The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (4)
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
The finale of my series on "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch". Why is it so important for our characters to avoid those dreaded three stigmata?