Philip K Dick

Top 10 books about Israel | Lavie Tidhar

Beyond the feted international stars, these poets and novelists each find very different ways to write about this contested land

Lavie Tidhar

24, Aug, 2022 @11:00 AM

Minority Report at 20: Cruise and Spielberg test their limits in top-tier thriller

The director and star both played with their images in a knotty and exciting adaptation of Philip K Dick’s prescient short story

Jesse Hassenger

21, Jun, 2022 @6:06 AM

Blade Runner 2099: Ridley Scott to bring sequel TV series to Amazon

The follow-up to Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 will be a live-action series that is reportedly a priority for the company

Benjamin Lee

11, Feb, 2022 @5:45 PM

Top 10 novels told in a single day | James Clammer

From James Joyce and Virginia Woolf to Nicholson Baker, the ‘circadian novel’ can pack lifetimes of experience into 24 hours

James Clammer

09, Jun, 2021 @12:30 PM

A Glitch in the Matrix review – deep-dive into simulation theory

Using animation, archive and clips from the movie franchise, Rodney Ascher’s genre-bending doc gives philosophers and kooks space to explain why we are living in a synthetic world

Leslie Felperin

04, Feb, 2021 @6:00 AM

What if the Nazis won? The inexorable rise of alternative histories on TV

The Plot Against America is the latest what-if series about the rise of fascism to arrive on our screens. But while some are sensitively-made, others risk glorifying disturbing beliefs

Jack Seale

14, Jul, 2020 @1:34 PM

Top 10 genre-twisting novels | Alan Trotter

From Cervantes’ warping of chivalric romance to Flann O’Brien’s narrative games, novelist Alan Trotter picks his favourite convention-smashing tales

Alan Trotter

13, Feb, 2019 @11:48 AM

Top 10 books to help you survive the digital age

From Philip K Dick’s obtuse robots to Mark O’Connell’s guide to transhumanism, novelist Julian Gough picks essential reading for a helter skelter world

Julian Gough

30, May, 2018 @10:57 AM

Electric dreams of Philip K Dickleburgh | Brief letters

Brief letters: Georgina Chapman | In the Night Garden | Smart Compose | Philip K Dick | Suguru

Letters

11, May, 2018 @4:00 PM

Do we really need a Twilight Zone revival in the era of Black Mirror?

The Get Out director, Jordan Peele, is being lined up to bring back the classic sci-fi anthology show, but should it be left alone?

Ben Child

07, Nov, 2017 @6:55 PM

Top 10 imaginary drugs in fiction

From the mind-bending potion in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to Don DeLillo’s cure for the fear of death, these are some of the most potent hits in literature

Jeff Noon

18, Oct, 2017 @9:00 AM

The week in TV: Strike; Electric Dreams; Doc Martin; Transparent; Bad Move; W1A

Chemistry between its stars gave JK Rowling’s detective series magic, and while Philip K Dick still has chilling power, Doc Martin’s return was warming

Euan Ferguson

24, Sep, 2017 @6:00 AM