Worlds built to fall apart : versions of Philip K. Dick / David Lapoujade ; translated by Erik Beranek.
| Author/creator | Lapoujade, David author. |
| Other author | Beranek, Erik, translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2024] |
| Description | xv, 182 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Altération des mondes. English |
| Series | A Univocal book Univocal book. ^A1406333 |
| Contents | Introduction: on delirium -- Worlds -- Causality -- The thinking thing -- On the fantastic -- Entropy and regression -- Those who possess worlds -- Artificial worlds -- The digital human (or, what Is an android?) -- Hunting and paranoia -- Between life and death -- Bricolage (or, the random variable) |
| Abstract | "Despite his enduring popularity, Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) has long been a marginal figure in American literature, even in the science fiction genre he helped revolutionize. Offering a major new perspective on the author, influential French philosopher David Lapoujade orients Dick within philosophy and draws connections to a wide variety of other thinkers and artists, revealing his oeuvre to comprise a profound reality defined by artifice, precarity, and control"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Translated from the French. |
| General note | Originally published in French as L'Altération des mondes: Versions de Philip K. Dick; copyright 2021 by Les Éditions de Minuit. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Lapoujade, David. Worlds built to fall apart Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2024 9781452971919 |
| LCCN | 2024000291 |
| ISBN | 9781517914615 |
| ISBN | 1517914612 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |