Down to the nuts and bolts Nov 6, 2009
Favourite author: Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, Hermann Hesse. Favourite motorcycle: Honda Fireblade CBR1000RR is my current ride, and Kaneda's motorcycle from the film Akira, of which I have a scale model. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Astro Boy: Sweet Sci-Fi for Your Inner Child Oct 23, 2009
Plus the old Philip K. Dick premise, of a man who doesn't know he's a cyborg, that Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg borrowed for A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, and which showed up this year in Moon and Surrogates. Plus the literal underclass and upper-class strata of WALL-E. And not to forget the bereft father, twisted by family tragedy, from last week's Law Abiding Citizen. (Time.com)
Surrogates: The Zen Machismo of Bruce Willis Sep 26, 2009
" Surrogates is busy and brainy but dyspeptic an action movie that aspires to entropy. The only fun the film rouses itself to is casting Willis as both Greer, a grizzled, bearded depressive (his son has recently died in a car accident, the victim of lazy screenwriters), and his nearly unstoppable surrogate, who lives out the career as an FBI agent that Greer used to do himself. It's a hoot to see Willis looking young and blond, his face miraculously unlined. This is how he might actually appear... (Time.com)
Guilty pleasures Sep 20, 2009
Sure, Gene Wolfe may challenge your intellect, Ursula K. LeGuin may move your soul, Philip K. Dick may blow your mind and Umberto Eco may make you feel stupid, but theres nothing like Edgar Rice Burroughs tales of John Carters adventures in Barsoom (and visions of Dejah Thoris, the princess of Mars. for pure escapism. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Thorny Brocky Sep 4, 2009
Probably Philip K. Dick, the sci-fi writer, who likes to make the reader feel unsteady as to what is really going on at all times. Why pay attention if you know what is going to happen next. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Amazon objects to Google Books settlement Sep 3, 2009
Other letters of opposition to the settlement appeared this week from the German government, the daughter of science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick, folk singer Arlo Guthrie, groups representing professional photographers and publishing houses in the Netherlands. The settlement does have its supporters. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Top 15 out-of-this-world sci-fi films Aug 22, 2009
The food is great, (especially the Thanksgiving sandwich (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Robot Chefs Run Restaurant in Japan Aug 7, 2009
Now we just need to add a robotic busboy, as suggested by Philip K. Dick in his 1964 novel Lies, Inc.. The FuA-men robotic chefs also work hard to entertain customers. (Fox News)
Middle-class suicide Jul 29, 2009
Asia Times Online :: Asian news and current affairs. It's pretty much par for the course for science fiction to tell tales of a bleak and nightmarish future, but even so, Ridley Scott's 1982 movie Blade Runner, from the Philip K Dick novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. (Asia Times Online)
Film Review - Moon Jul 3, 2009
His literary idols -- he name drops Philip K. Dick and J.G. Ballard in the interview -- were masters of the sci-fi genre. Much can be said (and has been) about how both authors beat on about the ruination of man (and woman) through technology. (Suite101.com)
* [ART JOURNAL] The outsider Jul 1, 2009
Over iced tea and later over lunch at the Whitney, where he was helping oversee the shows installation, he pinballed from science fiction and Philip K. Dick to Albert Bierstadt and the Hudson River School (he said that most of his work is heavily influenced by a similar concern with light) to bisexuality. (I think it helps to have bisexual tendencies, said Graham, who is straight. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Paul Williams benefit: Help for music writer Jun 26, 2009
During Williams' tenure he interviewed Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison and Philip K. Dick. Some of his writers went on to become celebrated music critics. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Reality off the rails in Phnom Penh Jun 26, 2009
Asia Times Online :: Southeast Asia news and business from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. PHNOM PENH - Science fiction author Philip K Dick once explained reality as "that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away". (Asia Times Online)
Total Recall movie 'to be remade' Jun 4, 2009
Page last updated at 10:34 GMT, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 11:34 UK. Total Recall movie 'to be remade. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Writer Totally Recalled Jun 4, 2009
Based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale," the original 1990 movie -- starring and -- was a smash hit. Not much info has been released about the remake, though the trades say it will be a "contemporized" version of the story. (IGN FilmForce)
Enjoying the view from the top of the class May 31, 2009
Web Search powered by YAHOO. com The Athens Banner-Herald presents the area valedictorians and salutatorians of the Class of 2009. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Fresno professor and writer is nominated for two prestigious literary awards for his sci-fi novel. May 24, 2009
Past winners include such science-fiction literary luminaries as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert and Robert A. Heinlein. Durham finds himself walking in the footsteps of his heroes. (Fresno Bee)
Video: Six Flags Magic Mountain Adds 16th Coaster to Its Renowned Collection May 23, 2009
Halcyon secured the highly-coveted first-look rights to the works of science fiction and cyber-punk writer Philip K. Dick. Through this unprecedented agreement, Halcyon will have the first option to develop in conjunction with Electric Shepherd for film adaptations, as well as television and other media projects, based on Dick's vast body of works. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Fiction review: 'The Cardboard Universe' May 19, 2009
Phoebus K. Dank is based loosely on the life of Philip K. Dick, also neglected until almost the end of his life, but canonized since. Like Dick, Dank's prolific output barely fits into the science fiction category, the settings often near-future dystopic worlds roughly like ours, except for a few key variables changed. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Sleep Dealer' is a clever sci-fi film that drones on in a good way May 15, 2009
The film harbors a kind of contempt for oppressive government policy and mourns the corrosive consequences of capitalism in a way that aligns with the worlds of Philip K. Dick and William Gibson. This is to say Rivera has vision. (Boston Globe)
Film My Tears May 13, 2009
Terminator Salvation producers take on Philip K. Dick ... has the following synopsis for the book: "On October 11 the television star Jason Taverner is so famous that 30 million viewers eagerly watch his prime-time show. On October 12 Jason Taverner is not a has-been but a never-was -- a man who has lost not only his audience but all proof of his existence. And in the claustrophobic betrayal state of Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, loss of proof is synonymous with loss of life. Taverner races... (IGN FilmForce)
'The Cardboard Universe' is a wacky work of fiction about fiction May 7, 2009
Christopher Miller (above) has modeled his main character loosely on author Philip K. Dick ... The Cardboard Universe," Christopher Miller's ingenious new novel, looks at the career of fictitious fiction writer Phoebus K. Dank, loosely modeled on the real Philip K. Dick, a prolific novelist whose work I know mostly through movies based on his books.Fortunately, you needn't be intimately acquainted with Dick's work to enjoy Miller's fine, wacky piece of fiction. In the vein of John Kennedy Toole,... (Boston Globe)
This Weekend Glass Eye Pix is Proud to Present I CAN SEE YOU and THE VIEWER Playing at NYC'S Kraine Theater May 1st Through May 5th, With an Additional Screening on May 10 May 2, 2009
Fessenden describes the film as "1960's psychedelia by way of David Lynch with dashes of Philip K. Dick and Cronenberg.". Three aspiring ad-men take a weekend in the wilderness, brainstorming for their first assignment: overhauling the image of a once popular cleaning product, Claractix. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Gameloft Brings Sci-Fi Action Battles to Mobile Phones With 'Terminator Salvation' Mar 11, 2009
Halcyon recently secured the highly-coveted first-look rights to the works of science fiction and cyber-punk writer Philip K. Dick. Through this unprecedented agreement, Halcyon will have the first option to develop in conjunction with Electric Shepherd for film adaptations, as well as television and other media projects, based on Dick's vast body of works. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
11 Things: 144 Things I Love Mar 6, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009. The sky to the east at sunrise. (San Francisco Chronicle)
