I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick
Laurence A. Rickels
Abstract
For years, the author of this book often found himself compared to novelist Philip K. Dick—though in fact he had never read any of the science fiction writer’s work. When he finally read his first Philip K. Dick novel, during research, it prompted a prolonged immersion in Dick’s writing as well as a recognition of the author’s own long-documented intellectual pursuits. The result of this engagement is this text, a thought experiment that charts the wide relevance of the pulp sci-fi author and paranoid visionary. This book explores the science fiction author’s meditations on psychic reality and ... More
For years, the author of this book often found himself compared to novelist Philip K. Dick—though in fact he had never read any of the science fiction writer’s work. When he finally read his first Philip K. Dick novel, during research, it prompted a prolonged immersion in Dick’s writing as well as a recognition of the author’s own long-documented intellectual pursuits. The result of this engagement is this text, a thought experiment that charts the wide relevance of the pulp sci-fi author and paranoid visionary. This book explores the science fiction author’s meditations on psychic reality and psychosis, Christian mysticism, Eastern religion, and modern spiritualism. Covering all of Dick’s science fiction, this book corrects the lack of scholarly interest in the legendary Californian author and, ultimately, makes a compelling case for the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Dick’s popular and influential science fiction.
Keywords:
science fiction,
Philip K. Dick,
sci-fi author,
paranoid visionary,
psychic reality,
psychosis,
Christian mysticism,
Eastern religion,
modern spiritualism
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2010 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780816666652 |
| Published to Minnesota Scholarship Online: August 2015 |
DOI:10.5749/minnesota/9780816666652.001.0001 |
