Editor's Note: We recommend you check out our VALIS Incident episode to get more insight into the subject matter before you dive into this one.

We have dedicated this episode to the memory of Phil's good friend and fellow writer, Radell Faraday Nelson, 1931-2022. R.I.P.

Greetings, PKD fans. David Gill joins the usual DickHeads to discuss PKD's religious mystery novel VALIS. Horselover Fat is on a quest to find out why a pink laser beam of pure knowledge entered his brain one day and now he has strange visions and preternatural cognition of events around him. Is Horselover a genius or a madman? Has his Rhipidon Society really found the trail to the messiah? We attempt to figure it all out. Plus: Langhorne visits a chocolate factory. Gonad Kid. And navel-gazing with Sigmund Freud. 

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Find David Gill:
•Total Dick-Head Blog ►► http://totaldickhead.blogspot.com/

PKD News:
•NYT Top PKD ►► https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/26/books/best-philip-k-dick-novels.html
•Tor Severance and the PKD ►► https://www.tor.com/author/david-agranoff/
•Within you, Without You: Philip & Jane Dick ►► https://www.tor.com/author/david-gill/

Dicklike Suggestions:
David's A. Pick(s)
• Virtual Zen ►► https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6584909-virtual-zen?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=XUsw47qbXV&rank=1
• Galaxies►► https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21424252-galaxies?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11
Langhorne's Pick(s)
• Doki Doki Lioterature Club ►► https://store.steampowered.com/app/698780/Doki_Doki_Literature_Club/
David Gill's Pick(s)
• Glamorama ►► https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9913.Glamorama?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_9
• The Future of Another Timeline ►► https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43263237-the-future-of-another-timeline?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=SJgcybjKYx&rank=1
• The Man in The Gray Flannel Suit ►► https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90886.The_Man_in_the_Gray_Flannel_Suit?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14

Music on this episode is from - Valis: An Opera by Tod Machover
Check it out here: www.amazon.com/Valis-ANNE-BOGDEN…EMA/dp/B000003GI2

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Episode #46 - VALIS - special guest David Gill

The two Davids chat with the exceedingly busy and prolific Keith Giles about the many projects he has going on right now, including his new book, Sola Deus: What If God Is All of Us?, his introduction to and publishing of a series of Philip K. Dick short story collections, Sci-Fi Lullabies Volumes 1-3, and his upcoming 28-lesson class on PKD's philosophy of humanity and reality, The Gospel of Philip K. Dick, not to mention his 3 podcasts or his debates on Christianity from an apostate's point of view. Needless to say, this interview is packed with good stuff.

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•D. Harlan Wilson's Website: ►► https://dharlanwilson.com/\

Find Keith Giles: 
•Website ►► https://www.patheos.com/blogs/keithgiles/
•Books ►► https://www.amazon.com/stores/Keith-Giles/author/B0076E0UA8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
•PKD Class ►► https://www.bk2sq1.com/the-gospel-of-philip-k-dick
•Quoir ►► https://quoir.com/

Music on this episode is from - Valis: An Opera by Tod Machover
Check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/Valis-ANNE-BOGDEN…EMA/dp/B000003GI2

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Interview #29 - Keith Giles - The Gospel of Philip K. Dick

Welcome to the You’re Making Me Read What?! podcast.

Enjoy this lively book discussion between Fairfax County Public Library Director Jessica Hudson and Deputy Director Christine Jones. They’re librarians who love a great book but almost never agree on what makes a book great. 

In this episode, they discuss Jessica's sci-fi revenge pick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. Then, join us next month for one of Christine's all-time favorites, Empire Falls by Richard Russo.

Tune in every month to find out about a new book, and maybe discover a book that you may (or may not) want to read yourself. 

You can find the Fairfax County Public Library online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/, including links to a library branch near you.

For a playlist of "You’re Making Me Read What?!" podcasts, visit https://soundcloud.com/fairfaxcounty/sets/youre-making-me-read-what. 

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick -- You’re Making Me Read What?!

David's interview with the New York Times Bestselling author Carrie Vaughn on her 2017 Philip K. Dick Award-winning post-apocalyptic novel BANNERLESS.

Carrie Vaughn Website - http://carrievaughn.com/about.html

Interview #1 - Bannerless - Carrie Vaughn

Film or story? Which do you prefer? Hear our reasons for unanimously choosing one over the other. Plus we discuss: Peter Stormare. Total Recall 2. And more Wackadoo Science.

Next time: The World Jones Made

Episode #2 - The Minority Report - Film Vs. Story

Our discussion on Dick's 2nd novel, The World Jones Made, and its place in the PKD universe. Plus: PKD related news. Venusian Babies. And back cover lies.

Episode #3 - The World Jones Made

Film or story? Do you have a preference? Care to see if we do? Hear what we thought of this wackadoo sci-fi extravaganza and the alternate reality where David Cronenberg wrote and directed. Plus we discuss: Dan Quayle. The Cola Wars. And Jingle All The Way.

Episode #4 - Total Recall - Film Vs. Story

This is a really cool interview. -LJT

Professor Brian Keating is an astrophysicist with UC San Diego’s Department of Physics. He and his team develop telescopes to study the Big Bang. He is the author of over 100 scientific publications and holds two U.S.Patents. He received the 2007 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers at the White House from President Bush for a telescope he invented and deployed at the U.S. South Pole Research Station called “BICEP". Professor Keating became a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2016 and is the author of Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor, selected as one of Amazon.com’s Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Month and one of Nature Magazine’s Six Best Books of the Season.

Brian Keating - https://briankeating.com/
Brian's Book - http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA
TEDX - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T22s4jCZ4Ho

Interview #2 - Losing The Nobel Prize - Brian Keating

Which do you prefer? The short story or the B-movie? We go in-depth on both. The bickering is at an all-time high due to the heat wave. Plus we discuss: How many stars Peter Weller's presence is worth. Nerding on astronomy. And teddy bears.

Episode #6 - 2nd Variety/Screamers - Story Vs. Film

The Cosmic Puppets is the 4th novel published by PKD. For the first time there is consensus among these three dickheads. See if you agree with our assessment of Dick's combination of Lewis Carroll and Franz Kafka. Plus: A weird intergalactic mariachi nazi. Psychological fantasy of the dream type. And, unfortunately, boob mountains.

Episode #7 - The Cosmic Puppets

Which do you prefer? Can a movie be better than it's source material? Find out when we discuss Adjustment Team versus The Adjustment Bureau. Plus we discuss: Talking dogs. The usefulness of turning people to ash. And, of course, Love.

Episode #8 - Adjustment Team/The Adjustment Bureau - Story Vs. Film

Like a pink laser beam of insanity beaming straight into your brain hole, authors and longtime D**kHeads David Agranoff and D. Harlan Wilson break down each of Philip K. D**k's novels in order of publication with very little help from their engineer Langhorne J Tweed. Plus: Interviews. Story Vs. Film episodes. And other bits of PKD history. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dickheadspodcast/support

Episode #46 - VALIS - special guest David Gill

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