“In fact, Dick is now a must-read author—if only as an iconoclastic #thinker and #socialcommentator. Of course, the storytelling is still important, but not as escapism. His #novels have been transformed from pulp fiction into allegories or parables for our own time” #PhilipKDick #PKD #BookSky
“But in #VALIS, #Dick actually starts writing at a dazzlingly high level. The coarse #pulp-fiction author disappears completely from view and instead we have an edgy prose stylist whose work can stand comparison with Pynchon and Heller …” open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia... #PhilipKDick #PKD #BookSky
My Favorite Philip K. Dick Novels
Here are seven entry points into the oeuvre of this troubled and troubling sci-fi author
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September 17, 2026 at 8:22 PM
“In fact, Dick is now a must-read author—if only as an iconoclastic #thinker and #socialcommentator. Of course, the storytelling is still important, but not as escapism. His #novels have been transformed from pulp fiction into allegories or parables for our own time” #PhilipKDick #PKD #BookSky
SOmetimes #Movienight cites the the Novel as the source of a films succes. In this case we cite #TheAuthor #KenKesey Himself. #unintentional #FoundingMemberoftheCounterCulture #SocialCommentator & #ForceofNature #MovienightBonusFeature #Tyrannus-Ex
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJqZ...
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Ken Kesey: Oregon’s countercultural icon | Oregon Experience
YouTube video by Oregon Public Broadcasting
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November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
SOmetimes #Movienight cites the the Novel as the source of a films succes. In this case we cite #TheAuthor #KenKesey Himself. #unintentional #FoundingMemberoftheCounterCulture #SocialCommentator & #ForceofNature #MovienightBonusFeature #Tyrannus-Ex
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJqZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJqZ...
1745 self portrait entitled “The painter and his pug” by #socialcommentator William Hogarth. The sweet pug’s name is Trump - and my experience in owning pugs, it’s probably to do with farts. Just a reminder that “Trump” means fart. #classcommentary #pugs #roccocoart
January 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
1745 self portrait entitled “The painter and his pug” by #socialcommentator William Hogarth. The sweet pug’s name is Trump - and my experience in owning pugs, it’s probably to do with farts. Just a reminder that “Trump” means fart. #classcommentary #pugs #roccocoart