A podcast about the life and work of mind-bending science fiction author Philip K. Dick. You know the movies and TV shows based on his work: “Blade Runner,” “Minority Report,” “A Scanner Darkly,” “Total Recall,” “Man in the High Castle” and many more. But PKD's real life was just as varied and fanta…
On this episode we’ll talk with “Blade Runner” screenwriter Hampton Fancher, “Blade Runner 2049” (and “Logan” and “American Gods”) screenwriter Michael Green, plus Paul M. Sammon, author of “Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner.” Hollywood loves Philip K. Dick’s stories. We’ll learn about the making of “Blade Runner,” the adaptation of PKD’s 1968 novel […]
In November of 1971, science fiction author Philip K. Dick came home to find his San Rafael home in ruins. What’s known as the mysterious break-in incident has led to many a conspiracy theory. It’s an infamous period in the life of a writer who would give us dozens of novels, hundreds of short stories […]
You know the movies and TV shows based on his work: “Blade Runner,” “Minority Report,” “A Scanner Darkly,” “Total Recall,” “Man in the High Castle” and many more. But science fiction author Philip K. Dick’s real life was just as varied and fantastic as his writing: 1960s counterculture, unsolved break-ins, government conspiracies, divine encounters with non-human […]