‘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’ flashback (Book review): Jonathan Maberry wonderfully chronicles Scully’s formative years in “Origins: Devil’s Advocate.”

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’ flashback (Book review): Kami Garcia digs into the spooky past of Fox Mulder in the first of two “Origins” novels.

Frightening Friday (Book review): Dan Simmons’ novel “The Terror” is oppressively hopeless yet masterful.

PKD flashback (Book review): One of Dick’s most lauded works examines how a higher being might view humanity.

PKD flashback (Book review): On purpose or by accident, this is one of Philip K. Dick’s funniest works.

PKD flashback (Book review): Another of Philip K. Dick’s Fifties works finally gets published decades later.

PKD flashback (Book review): In “The Game-Players of Titan, Dick’s delicious ideas leave the narrative in the dust, but it’s a fun read.