How to Introduce Physics to Your Friends?
jameswharris.wordpress.com 1/15/2009 — My friends know I’m a bookworm and often greet me with, “What are you reading?” This past week I’ve been causally replying, “A book on physics.” To which all my friends give me a strange look that asks, ...

The addiction of time travel: Daphne Du Maurier’s The House on the Strand
tor.com 6/3/2009 — Daphne du Maurier’s most famous novel is of course Rebecca , perhaps the ultimate in twentieth century gothics, a bestseller that struck a huge chord when it was published and was made into an even more famous movie. She also wrote a number of ...

Search for Philip K Dick, Revised 2009 | Point Reyes Cypress Press
pointreyescypresspress.com 8/20/2009 — Point Reyes Cypress Press announces the publication in paper back Search for Philip K Dick, Revised 2009, with new material, by Anne R Dick, $17.00, an extensive revision of the 1993 publication by Mellen Press, ($119.00) *** Anne Dick's book is part ...

Anne Dick Talks About "The Search for Philip K. Dick" [Interview]
io9.com 9/8/2009 — Anne Dick , the third wife of Philip K. Dick , still lives in the house she shared with the legendary and mysterious writer. I visited her there to talk about her new memoir, The Search for Philip K. Dick . The sleepy town of Point Reyes Station ...

Is Terry Gilliam Jumping on the Philip K. Dick Bandwagon? [Terry Gilliam]
io9.com 8/7/2009 — It appears the movie industry will not stop until every novel and short story by Philip K. Dick has been made into a movie. And now Terry Gilliam has his eyes on adapting one of Dick's post-apocalyptic novel. During an interview with HitFix , ...

Science Fiction Authors That Lit Geeks Think It's Cool To Read [Books]
io9.com 12/18/2008 — For every lit author like Cormac McCarthy, who borrows science fiction themes, there are ten authors who start out writing science fiction, and then become beloved of literary hipsters. Here's a partial list. It's funny, when you think about it, ...

Philosophy of Science (Fiction) : Uncertain Principles
scienceblogs.com 7/26/2009 — Search Profile "Uncertain Principles" features the miscellaneous ramblings of a physicist at a small liberal arts college. Physics, politics, pop culture, and occasional conversations with his dog. You've read the blog, now try the book: How to Teach ...

BBC Radio 3: Bring Me The Head of Philip K. Dick
sffaudio.com 3/9/2009 — BBC Radio 3 has just aired Bring Me The Head of Philip K. Dick . Here’s the summary: “Gregory Whitehead’s dark, surreal and satirical drama, set in contemporary America, centres on a deadly futuristic weapon in the shape of the android head of science-fiction writer ...

Review of The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick
sffaudio.com 7/30/2009 — The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch By Philip K. Dick ; Read by Tom Weiner 6 CDs – 6.8 Hours [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Blackstone Audio Published: 2008 ISBN: 9781433248221 Themes: / Science Fiction / Religion / Drugs / Mars / Aliens / Not too long from now, when exiles from a ...

Review | Orbus by Neal Asher (Tor UK)
walkerofworlds.blogspot.com 8/3/2009 — Title: Orbus Author: Neal Asher Publisher: Tor UK Format: Hardback Pages: 448 Release Date: September 4th 2009 In charge of an old cargo spaceship, the Old Captain Orbus flees a violent and sadistic past, but he doesn’t know that the lethal war drone, Sniper, is a stowaway, and that the ...