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Tag Archives: Philip K. Dick
Suicide Club: Roscoe Arbuckle Kidnapped Caper
On a rotting wharf over the Islais Creek channel, a climactic gundown gets a reenactment — left to right, R. Faraday Nelson as Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle (but I’m thinking Ray’s major claim to immortality probably is serving as the model for Roy Batty … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit, SFSC
Tagged Black Rock Desert, Bladerunner, Burning Man, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Fatty Arbuckle, Islais Creek, John Law, Philip K. Dick, R. Faraday Nelson, Roy Batty
Hammett: In the Clew-Pile for 2018
Didn’t notice any Hammett clewing for the new season of Jeopardy! that kicked in toward the end of last year — though I did notice they had an entire category devoted to PKD recently. Man, Hammett and/or Hammett and the … Continue reading
Tour: Some Kindle Some More
Got another note from Vince Emery, letting me know that the dustup between Amazon and IPG — Independent Publisher Group — has been resolved and you can once again purchase the Hammett Tour book on your Kindle, if you’ve got a … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Lit, News, Tour, Willeford
Tagged Book Collecting, Frederic Dannay, Fritz Leiber, Hammett Tour Book, Kindle, Lillian Hellman, Philip K. Dick, Vince Emery
Rediscovered: PKD, 30 Years After
For the thirtieth anniversary of the passing of Philip K. Dick, today, my occasional Guest Blogger Brian Leno has put up a post about how he’s finally getting around to reading that titan of science fiction — and, yes, better … Continue reading
Two-Gun Bob: Breakiron and Finn on TGR
Months ago I thought about mentioning Lee Breakiron’s two part history of the Robert E. Howard zines released by Damon Sasser, but the links weren’t working for me. Now they are, opening up PDFs (give it a moment if you’ve got a slow … Continue reading
Posted in News, REH
Tagged "Conan vs. Conantics", Damon Sasser, Doc Howard library, L. Sprague de Camp, Lee Breakiron, Lovecraft, Mark Finn, Philip K. Dick, The Cimmerian, The Dark Man, Virginia Wolfe
