Philip K. Dick : canonical writer of the digital age / by Lejla Kucukalic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kucukalic, Lejla.

Series:

Studies in major literary authors.

Studies in major literary authors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dick, Philip K--Criticism and interpretation.

Dick, Philip K.

Science fiction, American--History and criticism.

Science fiction, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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stereotypes attached to Philip K. Dick and his work and shows, using a wealth of primary documents including previously unpublished letters and interviews, that Philip K. Dick is a serious and relevant philosophical and cultural thinker whose writing offer us important insights into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 unchart

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Introduction: Philip K. Dick, Canonical Writer of the Digital Age; 2 Biography of a Writer; 3 Martian Time Slip: "The Mindset of Otherness"; 4 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: "Mechanical Universe and Its Discontents"; 5 A Maze of Death: "Life Is A Dream, But Is It Better That Way?"; 6 A Scanner Darkly: "The Reel Identity"; 7 The Search for Truth as an Antidote for Suffering in Valis; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-89664-X

1-135-89665-8

1-281-90039-7

9786611900397

0-203-88684-4

9780203886847

OCLC:

476204344