Philip K. Dick was a visionary writer of science fiction. His works speak to contemporary fears of being continually watched by technology, and the paranoia of modern life in which we watch ourselves and lose our sense of identity. Since his death in 1982, Dick's writing remain frighteningly relevant to 21st century audiences. Dick spent his life in near poverty and it was only after his death that he gained popular and critical recognition.In this new collection of essays, interviews, and talks, Philip K Dick is rediscovered. Concentrating both on recent critical studies and on reassessing his legacy in light of his new status as a "major American author," these essays explore, just what happened culturally and critically to precipitate his extraordinary rise in reputation. The essays look for his traces in the places he lived, in the SF community he came from, and in his influence on contemporary American literature and culture, and beyond.

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction to Philip K. Dick Now That He Is Philip K. DickDavid SandnerFuture EcologiesPhilip K. Dick's Futuristic EcologiesUrsula HeiseFrom Soft Totalitarianism to TV Introjection: Philip KindredDick and the TubeUmberto RossiVoices, Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind: A Scanner Darkly on the Road to Julian Jaynes' PsychologyRichard FeistUbik Does Not Yet Exist: Reading Ubik as a Case of ExtroScience FictionSean MatharooRereading Dick's Mainstream Fiction within a Science FictionFrameworkGabriel CutrufelloEvolving Dickian Criticism: The Exegesis and Pierre Teilhardde ChardinMichael ­Kvamme-O'BrienPhilip Dick, the EarthshakerGregg RickmanGalactic ­Pot-Healer: A Singular Way StationGary WestfahlArchaeologiesThe Philip K. Dick Society: A Preliminary ArchaeologyJonathan LethemPKD at California State University, Fullerton: A ­Question-and-Answer Session with Nicole Vandever and Paige PattersonTim Powers and James BlaylockPKD Goes to the Movies: A Panel DiscussionDaniel Gilbertson, Gary Westfahl and Paul SammonDick's SoCal DreamJonathan Lethem in Conversation with Samuel SousaAppendix: Images and Ephemera from the 2016 Philip K. DickConferenceAbout the ContributorsIndex