Confessions of a Crap Artist

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Confessions of a Crap Artist is one of Philip K. Dick's weirdest and most accomplished novels. Jack Isidore is a crap artist -- a collector of crackpot ideas (among other things, he believes that the earth is hallow and that sunlight has weight) and worthless objects, a man so grossly unequipped for real life that his sister and brother-in-law feel compelled to rescue him from it. But seen through Jack's murderously innocent gaze, Charlie and Juddy Hume prove to be just as sealed off from reality, in thrall to obsessions that are slightly more acceptable than Jack's, but a great deal uglier. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Bio of Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick's (1928-1982) writing career spanned three decades, during which he wrote and published thirty-six science fiction novels and one hundred twenty-one short stories. The main themes of his work, which still resonate today, explore the essence of what makes man human in contrast to androids and aliens; at what point do centralized powers such as government and business become a threat rather than benign and beneficial; and toward the end of his life, he explored deeply personal metaphysical questions about the essence of God and the nature of reality itself. Some of his most well known, critically acclaimed and award winning titles include: The Man in the High Castle (1963 Hugo Award) A Scanner Darkly (Grand Prix du Festival at Metz, France 1979), Ubik (Time Magazine selection of 100 best English-language novels 1923 - 2006), Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (John W. Campbell Award), The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch and VALIS. His work has been published in 27 counties and translated into 25 languages. In addition to his individual works receiving honors, Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005, and in 2007 four of his novels from the 1960s (The Man in the High Castle, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Ubik) were published by the Library of America, achieving literary canonization with the likes of William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway. The majority of his short fiction was collected in a five-volume set published by Underwood Miller in 1987. Nine of his novels and short stories have been adapted to film, most notably: Blade Runner (1982) based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Total Recall (1990), based on the short story, "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale," Minority Report (2002) and A Scanner Darkly (2006), both based on works of the same name.

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Imprint

Vintage

Filesize

1.75 MB

Number of Pages

256

eBook ISBN

9780307494559