PKD explores post-apocalypse in ‘Dr. Bloodmoney’ (1965)
PKD flashback (Book review): “Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb” shows how people can change yet continue on.
Books
PKD explores post-apocalypse in ‘Dr. Bloodmoney’ (1965)
‘Firefly’ flies into novels with ‘Big Damn Hero’ (2018)
‘Firefly’ flashback (Book review): James Lovegrove and Nancy Holder collaborate to launch the “Firefly” line of original novels.
‘Time Out of Joint’ (1959) an early PKD masterpiece
PKD flashback (Book review): “Time Out of Joint” is not only a great early Dick novel, it’s also accessible enough to recommend it to new readers.
PKD’s ‘Solar Lottery’ (1955) a messy, fascinating SF debut
PKD flashback (Book review): It’s fun to see early examples of simulacra and telepaths, but “Solar Lottery” is overly complex.
‘The World Jones Made’ (1956) examines absurdity of laws
PKD flashback (Book review): One of Dick’s most polished 1950s novels chronicles the rise and fall of a powerful precog.
Troubled hero navigates weird sci-fi in PKD’s ‘We Can Build You’ (1972)
PKD flashback (Book review): Dick blends character study with fun sci-fi ideas in this uneven yet quite readable novel.
‘X-Files Origins: Devil’s Advocate’ (2017) explores Scully
‘X-Files’ flashback (Book review): Jonathan Maberry wonderfully chronicles Scully’s formative years in “Origins: Devil’s Advocate.”
PKD’s career starts (sort of) with ‘Gather Yourselves Together’ (1994)
PKD flashback (Book review): PKD’s first-written novel, a story of young Americans in China, is unlike anything he’d later write.
‘X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos’ (2017) explores Mulder’s past
‘X-Files’ flashback (Book review): Kami Garcia digs into the spooky past of Fox Mulder in the first of two “Origins” novels.
‘The Terror’ (2007) an illuminating mix of horror, history
Frightening Friday (Book review): Dan Simmons’ novel “The Terror” is oppressively hopeless yet masterful.