PKD’s ‘Martian Time-Slip’ (1964) crazily searches for sanity
PKD flashback (Book review): Dick gives his not-quite-accurate but still fascinating take on mental illness.
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PKD’s ‘Martian Time-Slip’ (1964) crazily searches for sanity
All 25 stories from PKD’s ‘Collected Stories, Vol. 5’ (1987), ranked
PKD flashback (Book review): This final volume of Dick stories is highlighted by “Holy Quarrel” and “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.”
‘Counter-Clock World’ (1967) so absurd that it’s funny
PKD flashback (Book review): This Dick novel is absurdly funny.
PKD’s ‘Ubik’ (1969) packed with fascinating ideas
PKD flashback (Book review): Dick gains more mainstream attention with “Ubik.”
‘Man in the High Castle’ (1962) shows things could be worse
PKD flashback (Book review): Dick’s classic work of alternate history imagines American life under Nazi and Japanese imperial rule.
‘The Eternity Brigade’ (1980) critiques the inherent slavery of a military state
Throwback Thursday (Book review): Goldin fascinatingly and amusingly comments on the inherent slavery of a military state.
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘One Thing or Your Mother’ (2008) (Book review)
Ironically, the “Buffy” book line ends its 1997-2008 run with a couple of firsts: “One Thing or Your Mother” (March 2008) is the debut entry from Kirsten Beyer, and the first novel set during the […]
‘The Forever War’ (1974) illustrates the futility of war
Throwback Thursday (Book review): Haldeman’s classic SF novel illustrates the horror, silliness and futility of war just by showing what war is like.
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Dark Congress’ (2007) (Book review)
In the penultimate “Buffy” book from the original run, Christopher Golden takes a noble stab at linking the books up with Joss Whedon’s comics (which started in March 2007) in “Dark Congress” (August 2007). That […]
‘The Old Religion’ (1997) goes into the mind of a wrongfully accused man
Mamet Monday (Book review): Mamet does a deep – and not as depressing as you’d fear — dive into the mind of a wrongfully accused man.