{"product_id":"the-shifting-realities-of-philip-k-dick-selected-literary-and-philosophical-writings-9780679747871","title":"The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick: Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings","description":"\"What Kafka was to the first half of the twentieth century, Philip K. Dick is to the second half.\"--Art Spiegelman, author of \u003ci\u003eMAUS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Philip K. Dick was both our most brilliant science fiction writer and a visionary philosopher who chose to couch his speculations in fiction. For, as he wrote about androids and virtual reality, schizophrenic prophets and amnesiac gods, Dick was also posing fundamental questions: What is reality? What is sanity? And what is human? This unprecedented collection of Dick's literary and philosophical writings acquaints us with the astonishing range and eloquence of his lifelong inquiry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick\u003c\/i\u003e includes autobiography, critiques of science fiction, and dizzyingly provocative essays such as \"The Android and the Human\" and \"If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others.\" Readers will also find two chapters of a proposed sequel to Dick's award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the High Castle\u003c\/i\u003e and selections from the metaphysical \u003ci\u003eExegesis\u003c\/i\u003e that inspired his classic \u003ci\u003eVALIS\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Witty, erudite, and exploding with intellectual shrapnel, this is the last testament of an American original. This collection confirms Dick's reputation as one of the foremost imaginative thinkers of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A wide-ranging selection of free-wheeling philosophical essays, and journal entries; humorous, thoughtful speeches; and plot scenarios. . . . For both casual and serious Dick fans, \u003ci\u003eThe Shifting Realities\u003c\/i\u003e unearths some gems.\"--\u003ci\u003eBoston Phoenix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679747871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.22w x 0.85d","brand":"Philip K. Dick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103772016821,"sku":"9780679747871","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7965c360-546d-4f40-90ad-6c46a8d4bc0b.jpg?v=1693279689","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-shifting-realities-of-philip-k-dick-selected-literary-and-philosophical-writings-9780679747871","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}