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La biografia di Philip K. Dick: "Divine invasioni" è un testo molto importante per ogni lettore di questo scrittore, l'opera su cui si è basata anche la biografia romanzata di Emmanuel Carrère "lo sono vivo e voi siete morti". L'attento lavoro di Lawrence Sutin, uno dei massimi esperti di Philip K. Dick, racconta e indaga quei momenti della vita dell'autore americano che hanno influenzato la sua visione e la sua scrittura: dalla sorella gemella persa alla nascita, e accanto alla quale volle essere sepolto, alle relazioni con le cinque mogli, sino al misterioso fenomeno del febbraio-marzo 1974 in cui si sentì invaso da una serie di sogni, visioni e voci che costituirono per lui l'evento centrale e inspiegabile della sua vita.
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- Data di uscita: 16-07-2008
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A Genuine Trickster To kick things off, Philip K. Dick is an American science-fiction writer who lived from 1928 to 1982, mostly around San Francisco, California. At least, that's often how he's labelled. However, the man is not your one-dimensional guy, by a long shot. A keen observer of the United Leggi tutto
The only reason I read this biography is because I fell down 'The PKD Rabbit Hole' - meaning, I didn't just have a passing interest in the writer. For several months now, I have been making my way through all of PKD's SF titles. I'm beyond halfway - and I'd reached the point where it seemed a good i Leggi tutto
Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick: A revealing biography of PKD Originally posted at Fantasy Literature Philip K. Dick is certainly one of the most iconic, unusual, and hard-luck SF writers ever to grace the field. His books subvert our everyday reality, question what is human, and explore pa Leggi tutto
SOME FACTS Five wives, 3 children 49 novels, umpteen short stories One major encounter with God (alleged) lasting several weeks One 8000 page journal describing and theorising about the encounter with God Several spells in psychiatric facilities Truckloads, no, container-loads of drugs, mainly amphetamine Leggi tutto
It has been customary for my old roommate and I to visit one another at least annually. I usually go in the fall, visiting the Bay area in order to delay the onset of winter by a couple of weeks. I travel light--just a knapsack and a satchel--because I know that my host will have many interesting bo Leggi tutto
1989. There are several ways to go about your discovery of PKD. You can read his best novels; you can read his best stories; you can scrounge around garage sales and on-line for old magazines with his earliest works; you can read essays and interviews by and about him in those old mags, and increasi Leggi tutto
Answer the following True or False questions about the life of Philip K. Dick. 1) PKD's twin sister, Jane, died in the first months of her life from malnutrition and poor home care. 2) Later in life, PDK liked to imagine that his sister was living and a lesbian. 3) In high school, PKD's agoraphobia was Leggi tutto
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