Tag Archives: PKD

Make Sure You Download the Latest Ministry of Propaganda Updates

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Luther Blissett

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds It’s time once again to check for Ministry of Propaganda updates, which like Windows and iOS is constantly being updated to counter new threats and enhance the user experience (heh). Much like the other … Continue reading →

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Digital Authoritarianism: AI Surveillance Signals the Death of Privacy

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Luther Blissett

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “There are no private lives. This a most important aspect of modern life. One of the biggest transformations we have seen in our society is the diminution of the … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Virtual Nightmare

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Luther Blissett

“Virtual Nightmare” (2000) is an Australian television film adaptation of the 1955 science fiction short novel by Frederik Pohl. It was directed by Michael Pattinson and written by Dan Mazur and David Tausik (who two years earlier collaborated for a … Continue reading →

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Tears in Rain: ‘Blade Runner’ and Philip K. Dick’s Legacy in Film

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Luther Blissett

Blade Runner, and the work of Philip K. Dick, continues to find its way into our cinemas and minds. How did the visions of a paranoid loner become the most relevant science fiction of our time? By Sean Bell Source: … Continue reading →

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Cyberpunk is Dead

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Luther Blissett

By John Semley Source: The Baffler “It was an embarrasser; what did I want? I hadn’t thought that far ahead. Me, caught without a program!” —Bruce Bethke, “Cyberpunk” (1983) Held annually in a downtown L.A. convention center so massive and … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Radio Free Albemuth

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Luther Blissett

In light of Philip K. Dick’s birthday tomorrow (he would have been 90), it’s an appropriate time to visit (or revisit) the film adaptation of his posthumously published novel “Radio Free Albemuth”. Being a longtime PKD fan and one of … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: The Man Who Fell to Earth

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Luther Blissett

“The Man Who Fell to Earth” (1976) is a British science fiction film directed by Nicolas Roeg, written by Paul Mayersberg, and based on Walter Tevis’s 1963 novel of the same name. David Bowie (in his first feature film role) … Continue reading →

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Philip K. Dick and the Fake Humans

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Luther Blissett

(Editor’s note: on this 36th anniversary of the passing of Philip K. Dick, it seems an appropriate time to note the relevance of his work to our current dystopia as Henry Farrell does in the following essay. Unfortunately the author … Continue reading →

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