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More than 20 years after his death, Philip K. Dick is more popular than
ever.In this section, you will find recent news from the Trust, publishing
news, film announcements, feature articles, interviews and multi-media content
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June 15, 2009
Crawdaddy! announces benefit concert for founder Paul Williams in San Francisco.
From the Press Release: Crawdaddy! The Magazine of Rock announces a benefit concert in support of Paul Williams, the magazine's founder, one of the most influential music writers and a champion of rock music of the past 40 years. Mojo Nixon, Jello Biafra, Mark Eitzel, John Easdale and others will perform in Williams' honor on Sunday, June 28, 2009 at the Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco in a music and spoken word show hosted by Ben Fong Torres.
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April 21, 2009
Blackstone Audio to release Radio Free Albemuth.
Blackstone Audio, who has previously published audio books of such classic PKD titles as The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, The Man in the High Castle and Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said will soon add Radio Free Albemuth to their collection. The title is set to be released on November 1, 2009.
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February 25, 2009
Matt Damon set to star in George Nolfi's adaptation of "The Adjustment Team"
Philip K. Dick's renowned short story takes form as a feature film in George Nolfi's directorial debut, titled "The Adjustment Bureau." From the Variety Article:
"… Nolfi wrote a script that is loosely based on a Phillip K. Dick short story, and he will make his directing debut on the film, which will begin production by late summer.
Nolfi scripted the Damon-starrer "Ocean's Twelve," but they developed a closer relationship when he scripted "The Bourne Ultimatum." He is also writing the fourth installment of the Bourne franchise for Universal. … "
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January 13, 2008
Philip K. Dick story mentioned in New York Times Book Review
Author Jonathan Lethem contributed a review of Roberto Balano's novel 2666. Mr. Lethem begins his review by discussing Philip K. Dick's short story "The Preserving Machine" :
"In Philip K. Dick’s 1953 short story “The Preserving Machine,” an impassioned inventor creates a device for “preserving” the canon of classical music — the sacred and, he fears, impermanent beauties of Schubert, Chopin, Beethoven and so forth — by feeding it into a device that transforms the compositions into living creatures: birds, beetles and animals resembling armadillos and porcupines. Outfitting the classic pieces in this manner, then setting them free, the inventor means to guarantee their persistence beyond the frailties of human commemoration, to give them a set of defenses adequate to their value. Alas, the musical-animals become disagreeable and violent, turn on one another and, when the inventor attempts to reverse-engineer his creations in order to prove that the music has survived, reveal themselves as a barely recognizable cacophony, nothing like the originals. Or has the preserving machine revealed true essences — irregularities, ferocities — disguised within the classical pieces to begin with?
Dick’s parable evokes the absurd yearning embedded in our reverence toward art, and the tragicomic paradoxes “masterpieces” embody in the human realm that brings them forth and gives them their only value."
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December 15, 2008
Blackstone Audio's release of The Man in the High Castle receives the award for Best Voice.
Narrator Tom Weiner's reading of the PKD classic novel earned notice from AudioFile Magazine. They had this to say about the work, and about Mr. Weiner's excellent interpretation:
"Classic science fiction writer Philip K. Dick became a legendary writer because of visionary ideas that broke genre boundaries and offered fresh new stories of bleak and harrowing futures. This story is the one that put him on the map, as Dick paints a bleak portrait of a post-World War II America that is jointly occupied by Nazi Germany and Japan. The very notion is downright scary, and narrator Tom Weiner delivers a classic performance that captures the Orwellian atmosphere that abounds in this tale while giving a nod to radio announcers from the 1940s. His voice is somewhat robotic and rigid, but it serves the plot all the more as his characters are incredibly rich and perfectly realized. One of the best and most complex readings this year! L.B. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2008]"
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