Philip K. Dick & Roger Zelazny ~ Deus Irae
just finished reading the post-2-3-74 visitation (exegesis) collaborative novel by Philip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny, DEUS IRAE. i’d been impressed by Zelazny’s MY NAME IS LEGION, and one of his religious/sci-fi novels, but most of my Zelazny-friend/fans swear by his more fantasy-tinged ouevre (amber, etc.) and, i’ve gotta say, despite the complementary empathic tone…
Philip K. Dick ~ The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
just finished reading The Transmigration of Timothy Archer, the last of the VALIS Trilogy by Philip K. Dick, informed and infused by PKD’s visitation/philosophical treatise, The Exegesis. probably his most moving book and certainly the most compelling of his takes on religion, with copious references to Dante, Schiller, Kant, Heidegger, the Dead Sea Scrolls, et…
Philip K. Dick ~ The Divine Invasion
Just finished re-reading Philip K. Dick’s The Divine Invasion, the second in his VALIS Trilogy, wholly informed by PKD’s series of visions/visitations/anamneses/philosophical meditations chronicle in his Exegesis, this novel is his narrative of the Seventh Coming and the battle for the universe(s). Reads a little more like CS Lewis than PKD, but still awe-inspiring.
Philip K. Dick ~ Valis
just finished re-reading Philip K. Dick’s VALIS presupposing PKD’s masterwork as being his philosophical magnum opus, The Exegesis, and reading VALIS now as a work of non-fiction, i found it incredibly moving, and a supreme moment in the history of the genre. required reading.
Philip K. Dick ~ A Maze of Death
just finished reading Philip K. Dick’s A Maze of Death, the technological standing in for the anthropomorphic and vice versa in another of PKD’s mandalas of nested perceptions and realities in certainly his most macabre book. great as always. thought i would take a break from PKD, until i turned the page in this 3rd…
Philip K. Dick ~ Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
just finished reading Philip K. Dick’s Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, the first novel of PKD’s post-mescaline experimentation, and the last before a cycle of stays at mental hospitals (also the first of his novels to be extensively if desultorily-seemingly revised). the most comprehensively, intuitively, and crystal-clearly described alternate-reality novels, with vanity as prominent…
Lucius Shepard ~ Floater
i know i always say this, but it’s true: every book i read by Lucius Shepard instantly becomes my absolute favorite. just finished his short novel, Floater, any description would be hopelessly pigeon-holing, despite its compelling elements of NYC cop story (basically underpinned by the real-life Amadou Diallo story), voudon (in-joke), and an alternate reality…
Stravinsky ~ Petrouchka, l’histoire du Soldat, Apollo re-released digitally on Nonesuch
Very pleased to announce, just about in time for Igor Stravinsky’s birthday, the digital re-release (also available as lossless FLACs) of my album of Stravinsky arrangements: Trois mouvements de Petrouchka, three movements from l’histoire du soldat (mostly my arranging work) and my favorite Stravinsky work of all, Apollon musagete (a collaboquy of my arrangement work…
Bruno Schultz ~ Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
just finished reading the second slim volume of the published work of writer and artist, Bruno Schulz, Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, a collection traversing the life of a family from infancy to infantile dotage, evanescing surreal in a language of lapidary minutiae. just what i love. no wonder another favorite of mine,…
Philip K. Dick ~ Now Wait For Last Year
just finished reading, in my Philip K. Dick binge incted by the new Library of America boxed set of the major arcana of PKD’s novels, Now Wait For Last Year, which takes place during an inter-system war one of whose weapons is a time-travel-enabling hallucinogenic with devastating addictive and debilitating effect, the importance of…