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Work: Beyond Lies The Wub, by PKD | |||
==Background== | |||
Focusing on how to read, and exploring some themes in the work. Important to understand the context and the author. | |||
PKD biography, background, short stories and short story collections. | |||
(Leave story of how I came to learn about PKD particularly for later episode.) | |||
Familiar at young age, and that brings up an aspect of PKD's work: generally considered significant literary work, but some (who?) don't like his work, think it's simplistic. It is. Raw, getting ideas out, prolific, so many ideas, trying to cut to the chase, get to the twist. | |||
Lots of short stories have led to lots of movies: total recall, blade runner, minority report, paycheck, a scanner darkly, the adjustment bureau, man in the high castle, | |||
Reincarnation, metempsychosis | Reincarnation, metempsychosis | ||
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See that again, in future stories | See that again, in future stories | ||
=Resources= | |||
Beyond Lies the Wub: Librivox Audio Book | |||
* Narrator: Gregg Margarite | |||
* Direct link: http://ia600501.us.archive.org/35/items/short_scifi_015_0905_librivox/beyondliesthewub_dick_gam.mp3 | |||
* Collection: https://librivox.org/short-science-fiction-collection-015/ | |||
Beyond Lies the Wub: PRI's Selected Shorts | |||
* Direct link: http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/4787204/510202/89610580/NPR_89610580.mp3 | |||
* Show Info: http://www.sffaudio.com/pris-selected-shorts-beyond-lies-the-wub-by-philip-k-dick/ | |||
* Narrator: Denis O'Hare | |||
* The story runs from 13:54-35:05 | |||
Beyond Lies the Wub: Text | |||
* Available at Project Gutenberg | |||
* Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28554 | |||
* Text file: http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/28554/pg28554.txt | |||
Revision as of 10:45, 23 January 2017
Outline
Work: Beyond Lies The Wub, by PKD
Background
Focusing on how to read, and exploring some themes in the work. Important to understand the context and the author.
PKD biography, background, short stories and short story collections.
(Leave story of how I came to learn about PKD particularly for later episode.)
Familiar at young age, and that brings up an aspect of PKD's work: generally considered significant literary work, but some (who?) don't like his work, think it's simplistic. It is. Raw, getting ideas out, prolific, so many ideas, trying to cut to the chase, get to the twist.
Lots of short stories have led to lots of movies: total recall, blade runner, minority report, paycheck, a scanner darkly, the adjustment bureau, man in the high castle,
Reincarnation, metempsychosis
Other PKD stories exploring religious ideas: twists
Something PKD loved to do: twist the knife
See that again, in future stories
Resources
Beyond Lies the Wub: Librivox Audio Book
- Narrator: Gregg Margarite
- Direct link: http://ia600501.us.archive.org/35/items/short_scifi_015_0905_librivox/beyondliesthewub_dick_gam.mp3
- Collection: https://librivox.org/short-science-fiction-collection-015/
Beyond Lies the Wub: PRI's Selected Shorts
- Direct link: http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/4787204/510202/89610580/NPR_89610580.mp3
- Show Info: http://www.sffaudio.com/pris-selected-shorts-beyond-lies-the-wub-by-philip-k-dick/
- Narrator: Denis O'Hare
- The story runs from 13:54-35:05
Beyond Lies the Wub: Text
- Available at Project Gutenberg
- Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28554
- Text file: http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/28554/pg28554.txt