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The Sept. 11 attacks and the Iraq war have reverberated through science fiction and fantasy for over a decade, giving us plenty of stories of terrorism, wars of occupation and clashes of cultures. But Matt Ruff's The Mirage, which comes out next week, might just be the ideal prism with which to refract your memories of that brutal decade and see them anew. Plus it's an addictive, fascinating read, which keeps you guessing. More »
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Sometimes it seems like science fiction, and especially fantasy, are genres that lend themselves exclusively to trilogies and long-running series. But some of the greatest writers in speculative fiction have only written standalone novels, not series or trilogies. More »
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Rudy Rucker was the first author to win the Philip K. Dick Award, right after Dick's death in 1982. Around that time, Rucker was becoming aware of the new "Cyberpunk" movement and meeting the rebellious authors who were reimagining the union of humans and computers. In this exclusive excerpt from Rucker's new autobiography, Nested Scrolls, he talks about how both events influenced his writing, and what it was like to be a science fiction writer in those strange days. More »
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Prepare for the mighty future battle between the Starmen and the Reegs! Another production company has gobbled up the rights to yet another Philip K. Dick book. By our count, that makes it about eight PKD films currently in development. More »
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Or at least that's the implication of Dan Hipp's latest fake Tintin graphic novel. Haddock's seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of San Theodoros. He's watched Loch Lomond hallucinations glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like a phone call to Cutts the Butcher. Rutger Hauer would make a fine Professor Calculus. You can check out several more Hergé-inflected mash-ups here. More »
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It caused a huge uproar some years ago when the head of a Philip K. Dick android went missing on an aircraft — and now that incident has spawned a book, called Losing the Head of Philip K Dick-A Bizarre but True Tale of Androids, Kill Switches, and Left Luggage by David Dufty. According to The Bookseller, this book is Dufty's account of his post-doctoral research in robotics, where he helped create the PKD android whose head was left in an airplane's overhead compartment. More »
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The Adjustment Bureau, or Philip K. Dick for Dummies is getting a second chance to dazzle you with their teleporting hat-wearing boys' club. Syfy is developing an Adjustment Bureau TV show. And with the best part of the film being the big-name stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, let's just say we don't have high hopes for the well-hatted angels of fate. More »
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Impulse buy alert! Someone is selling Philip K. Dick's annotated personal Bible on eBay. Here's the description from the seller: More »
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How do you go about topping Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall? Len Wiseman, who's directing the remake, has a few ideas — such as introducing a few new futuristic gadgets to the updated flick. More »
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Some of science fiction/fantasy's classic books failed to win over readers at first. And the publishers of some of SF's most beloved works were convinced they had a disaster on their hands. Here are 10 masterpieces that were deemed failures. More »
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How has The Adjustment Bureau affected future Philip K. Dick movie adaptations? What's going on with Michel Gondry's Ubik? We chatted with the daughter of the legendary author, Isa Dick Hackett, about the secrets of filming Philip K. Dick. More »
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Bounty hunters are the ultimate anti-heroes. They're tough as titanium and hard to kill, and they can find anyone, no matter how much you try and hide. Their only loyalty is to whoever can afford their services. More »
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Hot on the news that Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston will be cast as the head villain in the new Colin Farrell Total Recall reboot is a brand new plot synopsis. Which includes a troublesome detail. More »
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"That Philip K. Dick guy is pretty good. But what would really make his work awesome is if it was turned into a romantic dramedy." More »
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So who are these foreboding men in hats, who seemingly control the universe? What are their jobs, their titles? Are they angels? Do they sleep at night? We brought our questions straight to the film's director, George Nolfi. More »
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One of the most iconic science fiction films of all time could be getting a sequel — or a prequel — soon. We may find out how Blade Runner's replicants came to be, or what became of them. More »
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Philip K. Dick is one of the best American writers. The themes he tackled time and time again have had a profound influence on what we know as modern science fiction today. So, with the latest Dick adaptation, Adjustment Bureau, premiering this Friday, March 4, and a director for Ubik finally announced, I thought I'd take a look back at all the films that have been adapted from his massive repertoire of short stories and novels over the years and see how they all stack up. More »
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You've read 10 Philip K. Dick stories that Hollywood hasn't made into a film yet. But here's one ultra-weird Dick adaptation that is happening — behold the trailer for Radio Free Albemuth! More »
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Philip K. Dick is the reigning champion of Hollywood. This Friday's The Adjustment is just the latest in a long string of Dickian movie adaptations. But some of Dick's greatest stories have yet to be filmed. More »
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A ship plunges boldly into the swirling eye of an event horizon, criss-crossed by a searing beam of purple light. What happens next? It's the sort of tantalizing image that leaves you dreaming — and desperate to read the book that the image adorns. More »
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Philip K. Dick's insanely complicated, mind-bending novel Ubik is being adapted by Michel Gondry. It's a match made in creepy alternate universe heaven. Clotted milk and stale cigarettes for everyone! More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5762289&view=rss&microfeed=true The Philip K. Dick Award, for science fiction books originally published in paperback instead of hardcover, put out its shortlist for the year, and chances are a few books on the list haven't been on your radar. (The list does include Project Itoh's Harmony, which was one of our favorite books of 2010.) Since these books are all out in paperback, they're pretty inexpensive, and they all sound pretty intriguing. Here's the list: More »
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The famed android head of deceased author Philip K. Dick was lost in 2006, but it's been rebuilt by Hanson Robotics and Dutch public broadcasters VPRO. Witness a science fiction master become his own creation. [Technovelgy] More »
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Details are leaking out on Len Wiseman's Total Recall reboot. And instead of trying to recapture the glorious weirdness of the Verhoeven original, it's sounding more like a tribute to the other classic Philip K. Dick adaptation, Blade Runner. More »
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Even though we're exceptionally nervous, and a little skeptical, about the Total Recall remake from Len Wiseman, it's out of our hands. Production starts in Canada this March, possibly with Colin Farrell in Arnold's old brain-bending role. [THR] More »
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Adapting Dick's seminal novel is guaranteed to be a difficult process, and would have been even if Ridley Scott's Blade Runner weren't already a 30-year-old SF classic. Untitled Theater Company #61 took on the ambitious challenge. And mostly, it worked. More »
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Check out two new posters from George Nolfi's movie The Adjustment Bureau. Does it look as mind bending as Philip K. Dick's original story? Or do they just remind you of old posters? More »
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We've been wondering for a long time which author could replace Philip K. Dick as Hollywood's idea spigot. But now a strong candidate has emerged: Haruki Murakami, the Japanese master of weirdness who's already spawned two movies. More »
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Here's a uniquely brilliant way to celebrate the awesomeness that is Blade Runner. These moments may be lost like tears in rain, but Mo's commemorative tattoo is forever. Tattoo by Marc Cano. [via Tristan Crane] More »
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Tons of science-fiction novels have gone public domain and gotten posted at Project Gutenberg . Including books by Fritz Leiber, Frederik Pohl and Philip K. Dick. And Black Amazon of Mars by Empire Strikes Back co-writer Leigh Brackett. [Lawrence Person] More »
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Here are some gorgeous illustrations from the French science fiction compilation Club Du Livre D'Anticipation. Check out the works of Robert Heinlein and Philip K. Dick depicted by French artists like Moebius. More »
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It's election day, and all indications are that the GOP will sweep Congress. What's the worst that can happen under the Republicans? Science fiction has the answer, with a wealth of stories about right-wing policies taken to horrendous extremes. More »
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In John Alan Simon's adaptation of Dick's posthumous novel Radio Free Albemuth, a record store clerk receives hallucinatory missives from the alien satellite VALIS. The filmmakers are committed to the source material, but the film is uneven. More »
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Fringe took on a heavy legacy when it decided to name an episode after one of Philip K. Dick's greatest novels. But last night's spectacular episode actually delivered something approaching a PKD-level of insanity and neuron disruption. Spoilers ahead. More »
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Some of science fiction/fantasy's classic books failed to win over readers at first. And the publishers of some of SF's most beloved works were convinced they had a disaster on their hands. Here are 10 masterpieces that were deemed failures. More »
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Ridley Scott is going back to the man who gave him one of his greatest movies, Blade Runner. What would the world look like if we'd lost World War II? Scott's Man in the High Castle miniseries will show us. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5658586&view=rss&microfeed=true Ralph Vicinanza, a literary agent who specialized in foreign rights, died suddenly at his home on Saturday. For two decades, he represented such high-powered authors as Stephen King, Philip K. Dick, Carl Sagan, Robert A. Heinlein, George R.R. Martin, Terry Pratchett and Kim Stanley Robinson, primarily in overseas deals. In 1998, Vicinanza formed Created By, an L.A.-based production/management company that works mostly with science fiction. [Publishers Lunch] More »
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We're in the middle of a flood of literary novels that play with science fiction ideas right now. What's causing it? And how can science fiction benefit from all of this fresh energy? More »
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Last weekend, hardcore Philip K Dick fans trekked to the high Rocky Mountains for a festival of Dickian dimensions. There were Dick scholars, biker bars, library lectures, Techgnostic side-trips with Erik Davis, and an epic, weekend-long attempt to define reality. More »
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It should have been the greatest television show ever: conceived by Harlan Ellison, with science advisor Ben Bova and scripts by Dick, Le Guin, Herbert and Van Vogt. A new comic based on The Starlost shows what could have been. More »
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