Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 50,38 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0547572387
A fantastical, fast-paced science fiction novel of mystery and action from award-winning novelist Philip K. Dick.
Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,18 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 067975296X
Louis Rosen and his partners sell people--ingeniously designed, historically authentic simulacra of personages such as Edwin M. Stanton and Abraham Lincoln. The problem is that the only prospective buyer is a rapacious billionaire whose plans for the simulacra could land Louis in jail. Then there's the added complication that someone--or something--like Abraham Lincoln may not want to be sold. Is an electronic Lincoln any less alive than his creators? Is a machine that cares and suffers inferior to the woman Louis loves--a borderline psychopath who does neither? With irresistible momentum, intelligence, and wit, Philip K. Dick creates an arresting techno-thriller that suggests a marriage of Bladerunner and Barbarians at the Gate.
Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 21,50 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0547572999
When a repairman accidentally discovers a parallel universe, everyone sees it as an opportunity, whether as a way to ease Earth's overcrowding, set up a personal kingdom, or hide an inconvenient mistress. But when a civilization is found already living there, the people on this side of the crack are sent scrambling to discover their motives. Will these parallel humans come in peace, or are they just as corrupt and ill-intentioned as the people of this world?
Author : Zach Royal
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 10,74 MB
Release : 2021-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1636610307
Puppet C-Men By: Zach Royal It’s time for grease. It’s time to get juiced. The book of Puppet C-Men is the most sacred book of all time as it contains wondrous material in between these covers. Follow two alien Puppets, Scremo and Jewbert, into a world of puppets to protect the human race from the disgusting Zodiac Killer. He intendeds to wipe out the human race in any way possible as the Cosmic Fish and World come aid in keeping the world afloat. But things get greasy when the Cosmic Monsters begin to come down as well. Why did they sin? Help them. They don’t deserve this.
Author : Paul W. Fairman
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,82 MB
Release : 2017-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781612873862
Armchair Fiction presents extra-large editions of classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations. The first novel is ¿The Terrible Puppets¿ by well-known sci-fi and mystery writer, Paul W. Fairman. Paul Flemming was the newest owner of the old Lyceum Theater, where both his father and grandfather had been theatrical greats. Marcy, Paul¿s wife, wanted them to set their goals a little higher though, because she had envisioned a certain lifestyle for them both, one filled with fame and success. It seemed that having the Lyceum did something for Marcy¿it could be just the ticket that would get her everything she dreamed of. And soon she had written not only a successful play, but both her and Paul were performing as actress and actor in the production and garnering immediate accolades from audiences and critics alike. It was like a dream come true. But what Paul Flemming hadn¿t previously known was that his wife had received help. There was something far more than hard work and luck behind her apparent success¿and now his! It was an actual living force, something physically alive¿and very small. It was also something inherently evil¿ The second novel is ¿The Cosmic Geoids¿ by heralded sci-fi author, John Taine. The first Cosmic Geoid was discovered in 1879 by the Lascelles paleontological expedition. When technicians opened this first geoid, they discovered small thin plates of an odd black metal covered on both sides by minute characters. But the key to the mystery of the symbols etched so deeply into these strange metal plates was difficult to analyze. All this caused quite a stir in the scientific community, leaving more questions than answers. Shoot ahead now three hundred years into the future, and after centuries of searching, forty more of the elusive geoids had been unearthed. Scientists had now deciphered enough of the records to know they contained details of the history and the eventual death of the Eosian universe. Furthermore, it also contained a message of the utmost importance¿a message vital for the survival of the human race!
Author : Greg Olson
Publisher : Fayetteville Mafia Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 44,82 MB
Release : 2024-02-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1949024636
Greg Olson, author of David Lynch: Beautiful Dark, the essential book on Lynch' s life and art, has resided in the Twin Peaks region of the Northwest for decades, and David Lynch spent youthful years in the Northwest; both of their fathers were woodsmen. Lynch believes that the world hums with spirituality, and over a thirty-year span Lynch and Mark Frost created forty-eight hours of Twin Peaks TV and film, hypnotic cinematic music immersed in the depths and divine heights of human nature, an artistic song of the forest, America, the world, the cosmos. David Lynch is an international icon of visionary artistic innovation, humanistic thought and philanthropy, and spiritual exploration, and Twin Peaks: The Return is his magnum opus, a mytho-poetic summation of his deepest beliefs and concerns. Author Olson, in his characteristically intimate and personal way, traces the Twin Peaks currents of Lynch' s emotional-visceral storytelling, themes, imagery and sound: the way the artist and viewer share an electrified circuit of mystery and understanding. Olson details Lynch' s kinship with transcendence-seeking artists like William Blake, Walt Whitman, Jean Cocteau, Philip K. Dick and the post-World War II mystical Northwest painters. Small town values, coffee culture, the color pink, the Bible, Vedic literature, Marvel Comics Superheroes, and a Parisian camera crew wanting Olson to guide them throughTwin Peaks territory all make appearances. Olson' s chronicle includes personal interaction with Lynch, his colleagues, and the artist' s inner world of karmic balancing, reincarnation, spiritual evolution, and veneration of women. Twin Peaks centers on the abiding presence of a lost woman, Laura Palmer, the downward, then upward arc of her life, afterlife, and goddess potential. Olson. Lynch and Twin Peaks have been on parallel tracks for decades. Olson' s longtime love, Linda Bowers, died shortly before Twin Peaks: The Return aired, and his lived experience with Lynch' s art speaks to the healing power of artistic engagement.
Author : Lord Rc
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,42 MB
Release : 2007-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1430324376
A study of the novels and short stories of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)with presentation of a literary chronology of his career.
Author : Eric Carl Link
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 38,36 MB
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1643363468
A guide to the fantastic world of a science fiction legend Author of more than forty novels and myriad short stories over a three-decade literary career, Philip K. Dick (1928–1982) single-handedly reshaped twentieth-century science fiction. His influence has only increased since his death with the release of numerous feature films and television series based on his work, including Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, and The Man in the High Castle. In Understanding Philip K. Dick, Eric Carl Link introduces readers to the life, career, and work of this groundbreaking, prolific, and immeasurably influential force in American literature, media culture, and contemporary science fiction. Dick was at times a postmodernist, a mainstream writer, a pulp fiction writer, and often all three simultaneously, but as Link illustrates, he was more than anything else a novelist of ideas. From this vantage point, Link surveys Dick's tragicomic biography, his craft and career, and the recurrent ideas and themes that give shape and significance to his fiction. Link finds across Dick's writing career an intellectual curiosity that transformed his science fiction novels from bizarre pulp extravaganzas into philosophically challenging explorations of the nature of reality, and it is this depth of vision that continues to garner new audiences and fresh approaches to Dick's genre-defining tales.
Author : Marynell Hinton
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 43,81 MB
Release : 2013-10-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781492929284
"In a world...where singing puppets can't hear you scream..." Meat & Potato Theatre creates the mash-up of the season with this tribute to all things Sci-Fi, puppet, and Broadway musical! Follow the adventures of Ellen Ripley as she returns to the planet where she first encountered a murderous alien that wiped out her entire crew. Now she's imbedded in a platoon of Space Marines whose mission it is to discover why the colony on that same planet has gone mysteriously quiet. Oozing with characters from Snake Plissken to Optimus Prime, from Bert to Ernie, and from Alf to Lady Gaga! Festering with hundreds references to other science fiction movies! Quarantined with 8 brand new songs and dances! Meat & Potato Theatre takes you to heaven and back with their unique brand of theatrical storytelling!
Author : Umberto Rossi
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 32,46 MB
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0786486295
Philip K. Dick was one of the most popular science fiction novelists of the 20th century, but the contradictory and wily writer has troubled critics who attempt encompassing explanations of his work. This book examines 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. Topics covered include time travel, alternate worlds, androids and simulacra, finite subjective realities and schizophrenia. Twenty novels are explored in detail, including titles that have received scant critical attention. 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.
