Tag: pkd
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The Cosmic Puppets
Can you go home again? On vacation in Baltimore, Ted Barton has an impulse to visit the town where he was born: Millgate, Virginia. He and his wife Peg drive around country back roads until they find their way down to the town on the valley floor. But nothing is as it was when Ted…
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Writer Spotlight: Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick never got rich as a writer. He was a fairly obscure figure until Blade Runner, the 1982 Ridley Scott film based on PKD’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Dick died before Blade Runner was released. He did at least get to see an early cut of the film but he…
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Solar Lottery
Two hundred years in the future, Earth and the Solar System are governed by lottery. At random times the lottery chooses a new world leader, known as the Quizmaster. The general public’s lives are determined by their classification. The classified swear fealty to their bosses. These are binding contracts that they can’t get out of…