The Review at the End of the Universe
“Autofac” This story was written in 1955. It shouldn’t astound me but it does. How can it be that Philip K. Dick and his contemporaries could anticipate such a future for us? Perhaps it was an imagining of the worst possible outcome…but how come these stories play out like they are true? I feel I…
“Human Is” The Philip K. Dick anthology series Electric Dreams continues this week, offering up its sixth instalment, Human Is. An adaptation of a short story of the same name, Human Is garnered much of the pre-release hype for the series due to its casting of award-magnet Bryan Cranston in the leading role. And so with hopes sufficiently raised we…
“Real Life” Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams adapts the story “Exhibit Piece” into the latest self contained instalment of this anthology series. This episode can be considered a rarity among this series of Philip K Dick adaptations. Of the three episodes I have so far reviewed this is the only one where I have read…
“Crazy Diamond” ‘Crazy Diamond’ seemed to have completely different purpose to ‘The Commuter’, the other Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams offering I reviewed last week. Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams‘ ‘The Commuter’ had a completely different plot focus to Philip K Dick’s short story, replacing the consequences of altering history with a moral debate over the…
“The Commuter” ‘The Commuter’ adapts Philip K Dick’s short story of the same name by adding some moral purpose to the plot. Now, personally, I’m always up for a little of this but I recognise that it might not be what everyone’s looking for, particularly if you were interested in seeing a greater investigation of…
“Impossible Planet” Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams continues with an interstellar pleasure cruise and the promise of visiting a mythical planet called Earth. First of all; I know that I promised that the reviews would be anthologised which doesn’t seem true so far since I also reviewed the previous episode but I promise that the…
“The Hood Maker” What can we say about Philip K. Dick? He’s one of the most influential science fiction writers of all time. His short stories inspired massive films like Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report as well as other films such as Next and The Adjustment Bureau. There are many others that would…
