PKD’s ‘Voices from the Street’ (2007) a new coming-of-age classic
PKD flashback (Book review): Dick was only 24 when he wrote this impressive, sweeping novel about a depressive young Bay Area man.
Philip K. Dick
PKD’s ‘Voices from the Street’ (2007) a new coming-of-age classic
A PKD sad sack travels ‘In Milton Lumky Territory’ (1985)
PKD flashback (Book review): Another of Dick’s Fifties novels in the Western states sees the light of day.
PKD wraps non-SF stretch with ‘Humpty Dumpty in Oakland’ (1986)
PKD flashback (Book review): PKD’s last-written Bay Area realist novel is also among his best.
‘Total Recall’ gets a more grounded, less comedic remake in 2012
PKD flashback (Movie review): It’s a minority opinion, but I like this “Total Recall” better than the original.
‘Cosmic Puppets’ (1957) is among PKD’s weakest novels
PKD flashback (Book review): This early novel is among Dick’s weirdest and weakest efforts.
PKD’s ‘Lies, Inc.’ an awkward expansion of ‘Unteleported Man’
PKD flashback (Book review): Dick awkwardly expands a novella into one of his weakest novels.
‘The Adjustment Bureau’ reviews
John’s review, March 7, 2011 John’s flashback review, Feb. 11, 2020
Damon, Blunt propel ‘The Adjustment Bureau’ (2011)
PKD flashback (Movie review): Two strong actors propel this beefed-up version of Dick’s short story.
‘Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike’ (1984) offers a lot to chew on
PKD flashback (Book review): This is among Dick’s elite realist midcentury Bay Area novels.
Woo’s ‘Paycheck’ (2003) is illogical yet amusing
PKD flashback (Movie review): This adaptation of a well-regarded Dick short story is illogical yet amusing.