Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits?

Overview:

  • Title: Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits?
  • Author: D. E. Wittkower
  • Year: 2011
  • ISBN-10: 9780812697346
  • Publisher: Open Court
  • Price: $19.95
  • Pages: viii+355
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Non-fiction
  • Title Reference: Beyond Lies the Wub
  • Notes: 'First printing 2011' as stated on copyright page.
    Only the contents pages bear special numeration: v-vii.
    Popular Culture and Philosophy series editor: George A. Reisch
    Shane Arbogast credited with cover design on backcover.
    The essays (and two stories) are divided into different sections:
    • Through a Screen Darkly, pp. 1-49
    • Identity Crises, pp. 51-98
    • Soul Against the Archons, pp. 99-140
    • The World Is Fake, pp. 141-194
    • Ay, There's the Wub, pp. 195-226
    • Puppets and Precogs, pp. 227-257
    • Futurity Doctored, pp. 259-297
    • Briefings, pp. 299-324
    • The Master's Own Voice, pp. 325-340
    The essay on the contributing authors is called 'Skin-Jobs' and contains fictitious material; the index is called 'Rekall' on the contents page and runs on pp. 349-355.