The twisted worlds of Philip K. Dick : a reading of twenty ontologically uncertain novels / Umberto Rossi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rossi, Umberto, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dick, Philip K--Criticism and interpretation.

Dick, Philip K.

Science fiction, American--History and criticism.

Science fiction, American.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

vii, 308 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2011]

Summary:

"This book examines Philip K. Dick's writing through the lens of ontological uncertainty, providing a comparative map of his oeuvre, tracing both the interior connections between books and his allusive intertextuality. Some of his most important short stories and two of his realist novels are also examined, providing a general introduction to Dick's body of work"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The game of the rat (and its players): the cosmic puppets and the game-players of Titan

"The enemy that's everywhere around us": alternate worlds in Eye in the sky and Time out of joint

Obscure admixtures: The man in the high castle considered as a (cold) war novel

A maze of lives: Martian time-slip, Dr. Bloodmoney, and Cclans of the Alphane Moon

Time travels and historical manipulation: The simulacra, Now wait for last year and The penultimate truth

The android cogito: We can build you and Do androids dream of electric sheep?

Psychedelic demiurges: The three stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Ubik, A maze of death and Flow my tears, the policeman said

Amateur questers: VALIS and its quandaries

The god from outer space: reconsidering the divine invasion

A counterfactual counterculture: the transmigration of Timothy Archer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786448838

0786448830

OCLC:

692291452