Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview

Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations | Philip K. Dick

ā€There are people among us who are biologically human but who are androids in the metaphoric sense.ā€¯

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vivastory Reminds me of Dante's Inferno when he describes people who are so odious that although they're still alive, their souls have been claimed early by demons 6y

Bookwomble @vivastory That does feel similar. For PKD, a lack of empathy was a lack of humanity. There's something demonic in that, I think. 6y

vivastory I couldn't agree more 6y

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Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations | Philip K. Dick

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A fantastic collection of interviews with PKD from 1974 up to the night before he died in 1982. I found the earlier interviews facinating, even though the interviewers seemed to have an unnatural obsession with Dick's alleged paranoia, despite his refusal to accept that label other than if it covered the rest of humanity with him. š‘‡š‘‡

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Dick provides some great insights into his works and world view, and clears up once and for all what he thinks about the Rick Deckard is he/isn't he an android (sorry, Replicant) in Ridley Scott's film, Blade Runner. I don't care what revelations might be made in the up-comingBlade Runner 2 movie, if they don't go with Dick's view they will get it wrong! š‘‡š‘‡ 7y

Bookwomble The 'Last Interview' of the title was, for me, poignant and sad. Dick seems consumed by his religious mania (I have no other word for it) and seems incoherent at times and it is no wonder that the interviewer, Gregg Rickman, begged leave to end the interview as it's likely he would otherwise have been there until the early hours of the next morning. š‘‡š‘‡ 7y

Bookwomble Although, as I write that, I realise that if Rickman had stayed around, maybe he would have been there when Dick had his stroke and could have got him medical assistance more quickly and... well, that would be a different reality than the one we have, I guess.

Whether or not you're a Dick-Head, this is an intriguing insight into the strange world of an unconventional and complex human person. 7y

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saresmoore Wow, this sounds fascinating! Interesting how what-ifs play such a role in the real life of an author who created nearly endless, open-ended what-if worlds through his writing. I‘m not a Dick-Head (snort), but what I‘ve read, I‘ve found to be deeply clever and engrossing. 7y

Bookwomble @saresmoore He's interesting as an author and a person. He's often criticised for poor characterisation and being pulpy, but he was getting paid by the word for a big chunk of his career, so his ideas became central in many books. Another great "in his own words" is

What If Our World is Their Heaven?: The Final Conversations of Philip K. Dick

saresmoore @Bookwomble Very cool! Thanks for the recommendation. 7y

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