The World According to Philip K. Dick - by A Dunst & S Schlensag (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"As the first essay collection dedicated to Philip K. Dick in two decades, this volume breaks new ground in science fiction scholarship and brings innovative critical perspectives to the study of one of the twentieth century's most influential authors. With contributions by major voices in literary and cultural studies, the book thoroughly situates Dick in the history of the Cold War and includes sections on cultural theory, adaptation studies, as well as the first in-depth discussion of his last major work, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick, only published in 2011.Dick's academic reputation and general popularity continue to grow. A steady flow of films based on his novels and short stories, and several biographies and critical monographs over the last decade, testify to his world-wide appeal. As the publication of three volumes of selected novels in the prestigious Library of America series and a 900-page hardback edition of his Exegesis show, Dick is now considered a canonical author in American literature. The essays commissioned for this volume examine novel aspects of Dick's oeuvre and revise our understanding of a writer who is now seen as a major literary and intellectual figure and often taken as representative of science fiction at large. At the same time, the conceptual and methodological arguments put forward by the authors--from Mark Bould's analysis of 'slipstream cinema' and Laurence Rickels' theorization of psychopathy to Marcus Boon's ontology of the withdrawn object--represent important contributions to literary and cultural studies and will be of interest to a wide audience in these fields. "--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>As the first essay collection dedicated to Philip K. Dick in two decades, this volume breaks new ground in science fiction scholarship and brings innovative critical perspectives to the study of one of the twentieth century's most influential authors.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"The story of this collection of essays begins in 2012, a productive year for Philip K. Dick scholarship. ... I would recommend to any scholar or student who wishes to tackle the issue of madness in Dick, and I hope it may inspire further research in that direction. ... is a must-read for PKD scholars, and might be even more productive if approached as a series of articulate suggestions of future lines of research within and through Dick's oeuvre." (Umberto Rossi, Science Fiction Studies, Vol. 43, 2016)</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Marcus Boon, York University, Canada Mark Bould, University of the West of England, UK James Burton, Institute for Cultural Inquiry in Berlin, Germany Fabienne Collingnon, University of Sheffield, UK Erik Davis, Independent Scholar, USA Richard Doyle, Penn State University, USA Yari Lanci, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK Roger Luckhurst, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK Laurence A. Rickels, University of California, USA Chris Rudge, University of Sydney, Australia Stefan Schlensag, Dortmund University, Germany Takayuki Tatsumi, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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