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Topic: Philip K. Dick

A person reading a novel with a tattered American flag and President Donald Trump displayed in the background (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / FreshSplash / Rebecca Noble / imagedepotpro)

When a president goes rogue — in fiction

David King Dunaway
Robotic hand pressing a key on a laptop (Getty Images/Guillaume)

Philip K. Dick's grim ChatGPT prediction

David Gill
(Warner Bros.)

8 facts about Philip K. Dick

Katie Dancey-Downs - Mental Floss
Philip K. Dick, 1953 (Wikimedia)

How Philip K Dick turned to Christianity

Erik Davis
"Blade Runner 2049" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Why 2017 was a Philip K. Dick dystopia

Keith A. Spencer
(HBO/ John P. Johnson)

Who are the Westworld robots?

Scott Timberg
Rami Malek and Christian Slater as "Mr. Robot" (USA/Peter Kramer)

"Mr. Robot" in moral free-fall

Scott Timberg
Chuck Klosterman (Kris Drake)

Klosterman predicts the future

Scott Timberg
Immortan Joe of "Mad Max: Fury Road" (Warner Bros. Entertainment)

Sci-fi's Tea Party take-over

Scott Timberg
Jaron Lanier (AP/Michael Probst)

Tech worship is real

Scott Timberg
DJ Qualls and Rupert Evans in "The Man in the High Castle" (Amazon Studios)

"They stole Phil Dick's pitch"

Scott Timberg
Joaquin Phoenix in "Her"

America's android obsession

Noah Berlatsky
Scene still from "The Postman Always Rings Twice"

Steve Erickson - LA Review of Books
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