Why Philip K. Dick matters

[@ElizabethKarr]

I was at the Philip K Dick Festival in San Francisco. The Verge crew did a great job capturing the importance of PKD in this video with interviews by Jonathan Lethem, John Alan Simon and David Gill. Beautifully edited, too.

[@DarrylDrury]

I want a 100 minute version of this and I want it now.

[@muserussell2377]

100 hour

[@codedlAnguage]

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[@begrackled]

Hint: there are no badguys in PKD's work. Every character PKD ever wrote is doomed to a bad fate, but written humanely and sympathetically; even the hazily-defined alien intelligence in Palmer Eldritch apologizes and explains that it's just trying to survive. I think this is the real reason people become such rabid fans.

[@ateam2600hz]

Dave L. How about "A Scanner Darkly"?

[@mohammedhanif6780]

there is pure evil though

[@hotdogperson42thechannel41]

Barris

[@rickyray2794]

What about the owner of New Path in A Scanner Darkly?

[@sphires]

Vonnegut also had no badguys.

[@jakcarn4184]

P.k.D. was a visionary minded person whome predicted the very life we seek today

[@kingharryannis]

PKD changes your brain .

[@play-on5209]

@RickyBubblesJulien DMT is so last year take PKD free your mind.

[@kylacruz2888]

@Play- On LMAO this is what I was thinking when I read his books

[@TheStanislavson]

I can feel it.

[@LittleOrla]

These days I'm feeling like I must have read too many of his books. The world has truly become a PKD world.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

@@LittleOrla Because that's how much of a future prophet he was. We are living in a PKD world!

[@briancollins1296]

PKD is a hell of a drug.

[@oujimandias6485]

And a paradise of a story!

[@on2a]

Philip K Dick is an awesome often underrated author. He ranks right up there n my top ten authors!

[@expressoric]

You've got others like Ballard,LeGuin,Wolfe.What makes Dick so special then and stand taller than them?Just a sheer nerve and power that couldn't be measured I think.He had a limitless energy plus an evergreen wit and insight that couldn't be equaled. I just love his style,written in a raw but unmistakable,concise prose plus realistic dialogue that brought to life his dark comedies of human faith in the face of overbearing odds and strange transformations.Who else had a universe containing entropy that seemed to live within the pages of and take control of his novels and a search for true humanity but moral uncertainty of good and evil,that was so brilliant and unmatched. He possessed an alchemical wizardry for changing old fashioned sf into what he see and wanted it to be for his own purposes.Does that say enough as to why he stands out among the rest then?

[@expressoric]

@crazy knight teleported from medieval times Yes, he was concerned in his fiction with the mysteries of existence.

[@petemc5070]

The movie Bladerunner put me off ever reading him, until a few weeks ago when I downloaded some short sci-fi stories he wrote in the early fifties. They are remarkable. Within the genre he asks subtle and enigmatic questions and expresses a great many ideas about humanity and without it ever causing the thrust of the narrative to get deflected.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

The Library of America now publishes most, if not all, PKD's fiction in three volumes. You can even purchase all three volumes in a slipcased edition. The first science fiction writer to be published in prestigious Library of America editions. Subsequently they also have published the work of Ursula LeGuin.

[@Jonmad17]

I have that set, which I value more than of any of the other books I own, but it's not close to all of his fiction. It includes only 14 of his novels, and none of his short stories. Still worth purchasing, but it's not a definitive set.

[@warmecanic]

I come here to watch this video very often Scanner darkly is really a great novel. SAme as The 3 stigmata of palmer eldritch

[@Marcogjr]

Always a pleasure watching these short documentaries. The verge has an incredible set of photographers and editors, nothing comes close to how amazing these videos are!

[@SP-ny1fk]

"We will need writers who can remember freedom" - Ursula K Le Guin

[@RODERICKMOLASAR]

I read UBIK in 1969. But I didn't really discover PKD until 1982.

[@archdornan5311]

what do you mean exactly?

[@AKIRA-xl6qj]

@@archdornan5311 I guess he watched "Blade Runner" in 1982 and understood his world.

[@lsdeann_3293]

@AKIRA Blade Runner is very, very different from do Androids Dream, though. I'm assuming he just started reading other PKD works in '82.

[@Azizdul]

I didn't know who Philip K.Dick was, but this is an awesome video.

[@Muthor6266]

These short documentaries are just so fricken nice. Good work!

[@whitenightf3]

A fantastic visionary and philosopher I am grateful for connecting with Tessa on Fb, she was there and lived it.

[@nahomtek]

I love him & all his books :) had to read em' for a college english class haha

[@AudioPervert1]

Very few writers can capture the truth, or some essence, of a rotten society on a terminal path. PKD did it like Kurt Vonnegut did earlier...

[@dissdat]

2:06 "I did that thing that Dickheads do"

[@viewfromdownunder]

I found that hilarious

[@philipkdickaudiobook]

great video

[@m.ma.l174]

Your alive.

[@warmecanic]

Yes, he lives in a different parallel universe

[@UltimaThule1970]

Can the Exegesis of PKD be read and understood without reading his other/earlier books beforehand?

[@Burntchrome]

@@m.ma.l174 He's alive and we are dead

[@partymanau]

As they say "The Man Who Remembered The Future"

[@TarotKiller-z7h]

🔴🔵✂✔✂✔✔✔ An author no longer sells his books. He sells copies of his books. ALL manufactured goods are copies of prototypes.

[@AaronWeber]

Best production value of any video on KZbin, right here. Congrats to the Verge and it's staff for creating something truly inspirational.

[@andrewrizzo9903]

Great direction!

[@RichBird]

Great work, you're the future of media

[@RyoAce]

another excellent and informative video from the verge.

[@mechamorafa]

0:21 There's a subliminal Borderlands advertising.

[@Myacckt]

Please do a longer documentary essay in PKD. His work resonates more since AI became mainstream

[@MumblesGray]

Ubik is my favorite!

[@warmecanic]

3 stigmata of palmer eldritch, God, that is a true nightmare

[@StuPhee]

this was a great video, thank you very much!

[@kedmond]

I love The Verge

[@Zardoz4441]

Behold, the Singularity is near!

[@elizabethwinsor-strumpetqueen]

you mean ...Its here ..and always has been !...think about it....welcome to the machine!

[@oujimandias6485]

Been stalling for 3 good years and counting. It's waiting for Love, I think. :>

[@Ferosnow95]

don't know the guy,love the video ...

[@autystycznybudda5012]

Cus' he was a good writer, dude.

[@bend0matic]

Ok, what should be my first PKD novel then?

[@ddvld90]

Start by the short stories

[@warmecanic]

I´m afraid Philip might be right about this world isn´t real

[@DreadfulCorpse]

The Empire never ended

[@finished6267]

Nothing is real.

[@Ometecuhtli]

Philip!? That idea has been around for thousands of years (see ancient India and Greece as some of the more developed examples).

[@andrewrizzo9903]

Does anyone know the music used in this?

[@StayFractalesque]

shazam

[@andrewrizzo9903]

@@StayFractalesque First thing I tried lol it doesn’t work. Big help, guy.

[@pausecast]

Great video! You guys are Nerdom what Top Gear UK is to people who love cars

[@galinag.8386]

when is the next festival?

[@watermelonlalala]

good video.

[@CharlieLemoncomenta]

This Two bald guys are twins? Or something 0:58

[@malouverganio9799]

THE NAME XD

[@iSeanx3]

MoonCake Festival :D

[@Gameplay00796]

КРУТО!

[@mildheadwound]

5:30 Valis

[@voicuionel99]

PKD = LSD

[@DreadfulCorpse]

PKD= DMT

[@codedlAnguage]

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[@Pduarte79]

Is any more series or movies inspired on Philip K. D. books?

[@Cinemaphile7783]

Blade Runner A Scanner Darkly Total Recall Minority Report Screamers Paycheck The Adjustment Bureau

[@Pduarte79]

@@Cinemaphile7783 From those, only know 3.

[@Cinemaphile7783]

@@Pduarte79 Well you should see all of these because they're good movies.

[@Pduarte79]

@@Cinemaphile7783 Thanks! But isn't easy task. Most aren't available or were shown where I live. I'm glad the other day shown "Color out of space".

[@oujimandias6485]

The Divine Invasion, vibes greatly most with Millennial thought, imo. I love it dearly.

[@anthonyharris7226]

Sorry you missed the whole 60s.

[@franfarmer2368]

🐠

[@BrianInglut]

So what the hell was that. Stop trying to be so good at editing video and then forget to make a point in it.

[@HenryCasillas]

🧭

[@3doog]

third

[@kade2748]

Here because of Elon Musk. lol