#pkd

[ewniversal-art]

Robotic eyes, metal teeth, mechanical hand.

[vorpalcoil]

The Amazing Digital Circus (2023)

[giantsteppes]

From the living-room bookcase he took down a volume at random; it turned out to be, he discovered, The Picture Book of Sexual Love. Opening at random, he perceived a page which showed a man nibbling happily at a chick's right tit, and the chick sighing-and said aloud, as if reading to himself from the book, as if quoting from some famous old-time double-dome philosopher, which he was not:

"Any given man sees only a tiny portion of the total truth, and very often, in fact almost ...

Weh! steck' ich in dem Kerker noch? Verfluchtes dumpfes Mauerloch, Wo selbst das liebe Himmelslicht Trüb durch gemalte Scheiben bricht! Beschränkt mit diesem Bücherhauf, Den Würme nagen, Staub bedeckt, Den bis ans hohe.

... perpetually, he deliberately deceives himself about that little precious fragment as well. A portion of him turns against him and acts like another person, defeating him from inside. A man inside a man. Which is no man at all."

— Philip K. Dick: Through a Scanner Darkly

[everythingismadeofchaos]

Ever take one of those psychological pre-employment tests?

People of Earth, I give you: Philip K Dick

[pleopeltis]

had a dream last night that barris and luckman (from philip k dick’s a scanner darkly) did gay stuff together. so i don’t know what that was all about

[valissa-d]

oh so an ai is making all the decisions and keeping people in underground bunkers while the rich pretend nuclear war is happening while they live on massive estates? hm

[victusinveritas]

UBIK is not a novel we want coming true.

[victusinveritas]

If you're looking for some anti-totalitarian sci fi, check out Dick's Radio Free Albemuth. It's the story of what happens when an alien satellite of love (VALIS, a concept Dick developed after a strange incident in 1974) and understanding helps people fight against the Empire (Roman, American, Soviet) through music and vibes.