I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick
ISBN: 9780816673643
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Minnesota Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Dick Philip K -- Criticism and interpretation; Science fiction American -- Philosophy; Philosophy in literature;

For years, noted writer Laurence A. Rickels often found himself compared to novelist Philip K. DickOCothough in fact Rickels had never read any of the science fiction writerOCOs work. When he finally read his first Philip K. Dick novel, while researching for his recent book The Devil Notebooks, it prompted a prolonged immersion in DickOCOs writing as well as a recognition of RickelsOCOs own long-documented intellectual pursuits. The result of this engagement is I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick, a profound thought experiment that charts the wide relevance of the pulp sci-fi author and paranoid visionary. I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick explores the science fiction authorOCOs meditations on psychic reality and psychosis, Christian mysticism, Eastern religion, and modern spiritualism. Covering all of DickOCOs science fiction, Rickels corrects the lack of scholarly interest in the legendary Californian author and, ultimately, makes a compelling case for the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Philip K. DickOCOs popular and influential science fiction.


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