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**Autor Martin Schemm** @martinschemm@mastodon.social · 19h

Autor Martin Schemm @martinschemm@mastodon.social

@finnsend Ja, hat er, das war die Short Story "Do robots dream of electric sheeps?"

Hm, ich mochte und mag fast alles von Dick, vor allem aber seine Romane "The Man in the High Castle", "A Scanner Darkly", 'Ubik" oder "The three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch".

Das ist alles sehr kluge und politisch ausgerichtete #Sciencefiction. Dick war der damaligen US-Administration sehr verdächtig, da er auch gesellschaftliche Fragen in den #USA kritisch thematisierte.

#philipkdick #bücher #sf

**Autor Martin Schemm** @martinschemm@mastodon.social · 19h

19h

Autor Martin Schemm @martinschemm@mastodon.social

Guten Morgen allerseits

Zum Start ins Wochenende ein schöner Satz des großen amerikanischen SF-Autors Philip K. Dick über uns und die Mächtigen.

“This is a mournful discovery:
1)Those who agree with you are insane
2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.”

Philip K. Dick - VALIS (1981)

#philipkdick #valis #sciencefiction

**Autor Martin Schemm** @martinschemm@mastodon.social · 5d

Autor Martin Schemm @martinschemm@mastodon.social

Ein kluger Satz zum Abend ...

"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."

Philip K. Dick hat schon 1978 in einem Essay das Prinzip der Manipulation von Menschen beschrieben. Das ist das alltägliche Geschäft der Herren #Trump, #Putin, #Erdogan etc. Auch #Goebbels und #Hitler haben das bereits genutzt.

#philipkdick #zitat #quote

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**Mr. Pataphor, Dadaist Dad** @JPK_elmediat@mastodon.art · 6d

Mr. Pataphor, Dadaist Dad @JPK_elmediat@mastodon.art

@appassionato @photography
We are currently waiting for a comment from #PhilipKDick. We know he is out there somewhere.

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**AccordionBruce** @AccordionBruce@mastodon.social · Mar 22

Mar 22

AccordionBruce @AccordionBruce@mastodon.social

@de3pwater
Beautiful
One day they were filming a version of that in my neighbourhood in Vancouver and there were Nazi flags hanging from all the buildings on my street

It was very disconcerting

They had people standing on the corners with sandwich boards explaining what they were doing, knowing it would be upsetting if people walked onto the set without warning

#SciFi #PhilipKDick #Vancouver

**de3pwater** @de3pwater@astral.camp · Mar 22

Mar 22

de3pwater @de3pwater@astral.camp

The Man in the High Castle
By Philip K Dick

The cover was printed in inkjet canvas. The end papers were designs created by Caparzofpc on DeviantArt

A book is centered in the photo with the book cover spread open and on full display. The back cover shows in a WWII era Japanese zero fighter plane and a WWII era German zeppelin with a swastika painted on its side. Both flying machines are depicted in black and white, like in old photos. The two flying machines sit between three lines of words. Line one at the top reads "TRUTH". Line two in the middle reads "AS TERRIBLE AS DEATH". Line three at the bottom reads "BUT HARDER TO FIND". The words and the images are centered in the middle of a red circle. The red circle has red stripes radiating from it like a sun against an off-white background. The spine of the book is solid red, with the title of the book written as "THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE" in off-white capital letters. The front cover has the same off-white background, with the red sunburst stripes from the back cover extending onto the front cover. The front cover has the title written in black capital letters "THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE". Centered on the front cover is a Reichsadler, which is an eagle with its wings spread, and in its claws it is gripping a wreath. Centered in the wreath is a ring of thirteen stars and a swastika. Below the Reichsadler is the author's name written in bold black letters as "PHILIP K DICK".

The image shows the front endpaper of the book. The end paper has the image of a red sun against an off white background. Against the sun is the black silhouette of the golden gate bridge. All together, the picture is meant to mimic the look of a Japanese ink painting. At the top, above the red sun is the text "THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE" in bold black letters. Above this title is some red text written in Japanese. At the bottom of the image, below the red sun is the text that reads "WELCOME TO SAN FRANCISCO" in bold black letters.

This image is a close up of the back cover of the book. The back cover shows in a WWII era Japanese zero fighter plane and a WWII era German zeppelin with a swastika painted on its side. Both flying machines are depicted in black and white, like in old photos. The two flying machines sit between three lines of words. Line one at the top reads "TRUTH". Line two in the middle reads "AS TERRIBLE AS DEATH". Line three at the bottom reads "BUT HARDER TO FIND". The words and the images are centered in the middle of a red circle. The red circle has red stripes radiating from it like a sun against an off-white background.

#bookbinding #themaninthehighcastle #philipkdick

**Robert J. Berger** @rberger@hachyderm.io · Mar 21

Mar 21

Robert J. Berger @rberger@hachyderm.io

Andrew Leonard continues to write amazing things. He weaves together so many interesting things that you would not normally connect. Phillip K. Dick, Leibniz, tech, politics, Schezwan cooking, spices, journalism, internet, raising kids, Chinese history and so much more

"The Internet has become as useless as the Book of Changes because it will affirm or deny whatever we desire. And I cannot help but connect this unmooring of online truth, this cacophony of digital nonsense, to the state of politics in the United States today.

President Trump spews out insanity on a daily basis and his henchmen routinely say and do the vilest of things and Elon Musk tweets something factually incorrect almost as often as he takes a breath and it all means nothing because nothing means anything.

A quarter of the way through the 21st century, one of humanity’s supreme technical achievements is a network that facilitates the sharing of lies so efficiently that it broke democracy. Would we have elected Donald Trump president a second time, much less a first, if we still had gatekeepers keeping a lid on all the madness?"

#PhilipKDick #IChing #Internet #USPolitics #ScienceandTechnology

https://andrewleonard.substack.com/p/how-the-internet-became-the-book

The Cleaver and the Butterfly · Mar 21How the Internet became the Book of ChangesBy Andrew Leonard

**100D** @100D@mastodon.social · Mar 18 *

**Towns End Bindery** @towns_end_bindery@mastodon.social · Mar 15

Mar 15

Towns End Bindery @towns_end_bindery@mastodon.social

Ubik by PKD

Here’s a reel that depicts what I intended to be the overall experience of holding and opening this book. The dust cover depicts the Ubik and the advertisement on the back in relatively normal fashion, only to be revealed as distorted and regressed once the dust cover is removed. All the ads for each chapter in the book are similarly designed.

#bookbinding #handboundbook #handmade

**Towns End Bindery** @towns_end_bindery@mastodon.social · Mar 15 *

Mar 15 *

Towns End Bindery @towns_end_bindery@mastodon.social

Ubik by PKD

I went all out on this one. It was a LOT of work: Hand painted end papers, original cover design, original typeset (made in MS Word), custom vintage advertisements, hand sewn endbands, and chisel-trimmed fore edge.

And when all was said and done, I found a glaring typo while flipping through the finished product.

Oh well. It happens.

A book titled Ubik is shown against a blue-green background. The book is open in such a way that the entire hard cover is on display. The book is wrapped in canvas that is printed with a colorful design. The design background is a peach yellow. The front cover shows a flat painted image of a spray can labeled “Ubik” depicted in vibrant colors of green, pink, red, and blue, but the image is purposefully distorted, as if misprinted and smeared. The spine title and back cover illustration are similarly distorted. The back cover shows what looks like a vintage advertisement for Ubik, but the text is blurred to the point of unreadability. The only readable text is at the top, which is written in red cursive: GOOD AS NEW.

The book Ubik front cover has been opened to display the front end paper. The end paper is hand painted in bright and vibrant colors of yellow, green, blue, gold, copper, and red. The colors swirl like smoke, blending into each other.

The book is opened and turned to the table of contents page. The contents page is designed as a grid of squares, each labeled with the chapter number and the page range of those chapters. For example, chapter 8 ranges from page 122 to 141. Also within each square is a black circle with a white icon inside each. The icons show different objects, such as a toaster, a bra, a bank, a bowl of cereal, etc.

Looking at the top edge of the book, we can see a close up of the hand sewn endband that sits at the top of the book’s spine. The endband is sewn in shiny brown cotton thread.

#ubik #bookbinding #handmadebook

**Walt** @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com · Mar 14

Mar 14

Walt @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

Finished reading:

Time Out of Joint
by
Philip K. Dick

Most of his stuff is a little (or a lot) mind-bending....

Two thumbs up!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_of_Joint

#Literature
#SciFi
#ScienceFiction
#books
#bookstodon
#coverart
#PhilipKDick

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The cover of Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick is a visually striking composition that evokes a sense of disorientation and tension, fitting for the novel’s themes of reality and illusion. The dominant colors are deep reds, oranges, and blues, creating a surreal, almost dreamlike atmosphere. Blurred, distorted imagery gives the impression of movement or fragmentation, reinforcing the book’s psychological and reality-bending themes.

A large black vertical bar runs down the left side of the cover, with the author’s name, Philip K. Dick, written in bold, capitalized blue letters with a neon-like glow. The title, Time Out of Joint, appears on the right side in a white, staggered font, giving the impression of words shifting or breaking apart.

The background features an abstract, distorted image of a man’s face and body, blurred as if caught mid-motion or seen through a warped lens. His pose suggests either falling, reaching, or struggling, adding an element of urgency and suspense. The red and orange lighting cast an almost nightmarish glow, hinting at paranoia, alternate realities, or psychological manipulation—all central themes in Philip K. Dick’s works.

In the lower-left corner, a quote from L.A. Weekly praises Dick as a visionary, emphasizing his impact on the science fiction genre. The overall design of the cover successfully conveys the unsettling, mind-bending nature of the novel, drawing the reader into its world of shifting realities and hidden truths.

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**Irène Langlet** @iLangle@piaille.fr · Mar 14

Mar 14

Irène Langlet @iLangle@piaille.fr

Information très importante tout en bas de ce post très intéressant! Valable aussi pour vos mémoires de master ou vos projets de thèse #PhilipKDick

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**Julien Dugué** @JulienDugue@pixelfed.social · Mar 10

Mar 10

Julien Dugué @JulienDugue@pixelfed.social

Philip K. Dick
#portrait #pencildrawing #ink #philipkdick #pencilandpaperdrawing #writer

#writer

**Actusf** @Actusf@mastodon.social · Mar 10

Mar 10

Actusf @Actusf@mastodon.social

Blade Runner 2099 donne des nouvelles !

Qui regardera ?

https://buff.ly/IkwWTHF

#Bladerunner #PhilipKDick #Dick

**soraxtm** @soraxrtm@mastodon.social · Feb 16

Feb 16

soraxtm @soraxrtm@mastodon.social

“This is a cardboard universe, and if you lean too long or too heavily against it, you fall through.” Philip k. Dick

western culture is the cardboard reality is made of living things
#Art #AI #Culture #Philosophy #Reality #Quotes #Philipkdick

This Is an AI produced image of a young person who is 50 feet tall leaning on a building made of cardboard. I human sized rat walks on a sidewalk to the left

**MikeDunnAuthor** @MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social · Feb 15

Feb 15

MikeDunnAuthor @MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social

Today in Labor History February 15, 1933: Giuseppe Zangara tried to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami. He failed, mostly because he was too short to see over the crowd. However, Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who was shot in the attack, later died, in part from his wounds and in part from medical malpractice. Zangara confessed to the crime in jail, stating “I kill kings and presidents first and next all capitalists.” He was executed in Old Sparky, Florida’s electric chair in March, 1933. Philip K. Dick’s novel, “The Man in the High Castle,” is based in part on the premise that Zangara succeeded in killing FDR.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #fdr #potus #assassination #florida #electricchair #deathpenalty #jail #capitalism #prison #novel #books #fiction #sciencefiction #scifi #philipkdick #author #writer @bookstadon

Mug shots of Giuseppe Zangara following his arrest. By Florida Department of Corrections - http://www.dc.state.fl.us/oth/timeline/1933-1935.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7596646

**Towns End Bindery** @towns_end_bindery@mastodon.social · Feb 13 *

Feb 13 *

Towns End Bindery @towns_end_bindery@mastodon.social

The Man in the High Castle
By Philip K Dick

This rebind will be gifted to a Philip K Dick fan. The cover was printed on inkjet canvas.

The end papers were originally desktop wallpaper designs created by Caparzofpc on DeviantArt

A book is centered in the photo with the book cover spread open and on full display, laid on a gray-wood background. The back cover shows in a WWII era Japanese zero fighter plane and a WWII era German zeppelin with a swastika painted on its side. Both flying machines are depicted in black and white, like in old photos. The two flying machines sit between three lines of words. Line one at the top reads "TRUTH". Line two in the middle reads "AS TERRIBLE AS DEATH". Line three at the bottom reads "BUT HARDER TO FIND". The words and the images are centered in the middle of a red circle. The red circle has red stripes radiating from it like a sun against an off-white background. The spine of the book is solid red, with the title of the book written as "THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE" in off-white capital letters. The front cover has the same off-white background, with the red sunburst stripes from the back cover extending onto the front cover. The front cover has the title written in black capital letters "THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE". Centered on the front cover is a Reichsadler, which is an eagle with its wings spread, and in its claws it is gripping a wreath. Centered in the wreath is a ring of thirteen stars and a swastika. Below the Reichsadler is the author's name written in bold black letters as "PHILIP K DICK".

The image shows the back endpaper of the book. The endpaper has the image of the new york city skyline, with the statue of liberty in the center. The skyline in the foreground is a solid black silhouette. More silhouettes of buildings can be seen in the background depicted in lighter grays. Off to the right side, a silhouette of a swastika can be seen sitting atop one of the buildings in the skyline. At the top of the endpaper above the statue of liberty is the text which reads "THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE" in bold black letters.

#bookbinding #themaninthehighcastle #maninthehighcastle

**Walt** @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com · Feb 6

Feb 6

Walt @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

My favorite books to know me by:

Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein

Dune - Frank Herbert

All of the robot books from Isaac Asimov (in chronological order - including Foundation series)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick

Perry Rhodan (series)

Tom Swift Jr. (series)

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction
#books
#bookstodon
#RobertAHeinlein
#FrankHerbert
#IsaacAsimov
#PhilipKDick
#PerryRhodan
#TomSwiftJr

**soloojos (GotoSocial)** @jorge@social.bakunin.nohost.me · Jan 30

Jan 30

soloojos (GotoSocial) @jorge@social.bakunin.nohost.me

Simulación en la era de las oligarquías #Tecnológicas: el futuro proyectado por #PhilipKDick en el presente de #EstadosUnidos y el Mundo – Jerónimomx

https://jeronimomx.info/simulacion-en-la-era-de-las-oligarquias-tecnologicas-el-futuro-proyectado-por-philip-k-dick-en-el-presente-de-estados-unidos-y-el-mundo/

La obra de Philip K. Dick tiene una capacidad única para prever y cuestionar los grandes dilemas de nuestra sociedad contemporánea. En novelas como The Crack in Space (La grieta en el espacio, 1966) y The Simulacra (1964), Dick aborda temas como la manipulación política, la virtualización de la existencia humana y las respuestas cínicas...

Jerónimomx · Jan 30Simulación en la era de las oligarquías tecnológicas: el futuro proyectado por Philip K. Dick en el presente de Estados Unidos y el MundoLa obra de Philip K. Dick tiene una capacidad única para prever y cuestionar los grandes dilemas de nuestra sociedad contemporánea. En novelas como The Crack in Space (La grieta en el espacio, 1966) y The Simulacra (1964), Dick aborda temas como la manipulación política, la virtualización de la existencia humana y las respuestas cínicas...

#Leyendo

**Adapa** @adapa@luzeed.org · Jan 28

Jan 28

Adapa @adapa@luzeed.org

¿Sueñan los androides con ovejas electricas? (Blade Runner).

Este lo tenía pendiente desde hacía un montonazo de tiempo (creo que 11 años). No me ha sorprendido tanto como Ubik (el listón estaba muy alto), pero me ha gustado. Tiene momentos muy buenos.

Desde luego me ha gustado más que la película, la cual considero que está un pelín sobrevalorada. No digo que sea mala, Zeus me libre, sólo que no entraría en mi top de peliculas favoritas.

#BladeRunner #PhilipKDick

Portada del libro,de fondo amarillo con una ilustración un tanto abstracta en su parte izquierda de tonos verdes sobre negro; al lado el nombre del autor con letras amarillas y a la derecha el título del libro con letras negras.

#philipkdick

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