Philip K Dick Club
Reading the novels and writings of PKD.
Posts for this club should be tagged: pkd_club.
April 18
Book: Solar Lottery
In 2203 anyone can become the ruler of the solar system. There are no elections, no interviews, no prerequisites whatsoever—it all comes down to the random turns of a giant wheel. But when a new Quizmaster takes over, the old one still keeps some rights, namely the right to hire an unending stream of assassins to attempt to kill the new leader. In the wake of the most recent change in leadership, employees of the former ruler scurry to find an assassin who can get past telepathic guards.
March 28
Book: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Rick Deckard was an officially sanctioned bounty hunter whose job was to find rogue androids, and to retire them. But cornered, androids tended to fight back, with deadly results.
March 7
PKD Book Club Restart
I had proposed this before (http://fanfare.metafilter.com/5438/PKD-Book-Club), but now that I can actually post book posts, I'll get this started again. [more inside]
December 16
PKD Book Club
Anyone interested in doing a readthrough of Philip K Dick books? [more inside]