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David sits down with fellow Philip K. Dick fanatic and PKD scholar David Gill for an off-the-cuff conversation on the man, his works, and his legacy.  David Gill has been a devoted DickHead for over 25 years and even wrote his master's thesis on Dick's novel Time Out of Joint. For the last fifteen years, he's been teaching English, often adding Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? to the syll...

David recently had the opportunity to interview the multitalented John Shirley. During the interview they discuss PKD's influence, John's music and recent collaboration with BOC, his writing career, and of course his latest novel Stormland. Available now. Our Patreon ►► http://www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed Electric Larryland Discord ►► https://discord.com/channels/557458722268643329 David's YouT...

The 'not a book club book club' podcast on PKD, his books, and influence. Hello Dickheads. This time around David spends some time with Psychologist Chris Frith discussing the many twists and turns PKD's mind took in creating his many worlds. He also takes advantage of Chris's vast knowledge of the brain by going on a deep dive into several of the best-known PKD novels. Plus, this episode continue...

In this episode of the Dick Adjacent series David has invited four translators of Asian science fiction on the show to discuss how, when, and why we see more and more stories translated into english. Concentrating mostly on China and Japan, David, Nathaniel Isaacson, Nick Mamatas, Tyran Grillo, and Angus Stewart discuss their favorites, what they think you should read, and what is coming next in g...

Hello everyone. Here is the twelfth episode of our Dick adjacent series and the seventh in David's Hugo's of the 60's series. Dune is up for discussion this time around. This time David is joined by editor and friend of the podcast Marissa van Uden and the Frank Herbert aficionado Michael Moore as they discuss the good the bad and the in-between on this must-read sci-fi novel. Our Patreon ►► http:...

Here is the second part of Anthony Trevino's conversation with Tessa B. Dick from last year's PKD Festival in Fort Morgan, Colorado. This type of on-the-spot interview was new to us, as was our equipment, so you may have to bear with us through some technical difficulties. However, the content is top-notch. Thanks again to Jason Bosch and also to Christine Amara for their contributions to the conv...

Hello Dickheads. This time around David and friends discuss the in's and out's of the John Brunner classic The Sheep Look Up. A novel that has been called the most accurate prediction in science fiction of the world we currently live in. From ecological disaster to a reality star president, it can all be found in this tale of an ecological dystopia that some would say hits a little too close to ho...

Last year our Patrons donated enough money to allow one Dickhead to travel out to Fort Collins, Colorado, for the PKD Festival. We drew straws, and Anthony won. While he was there, amongst all the incredible fans, there came a chance to interview PKD's ex-wife, fellow writer, and close friend Tessa B. Dick. This type of on-the-spot interview was new for us, as was our equipment, so you may have to...

Hello Dickheads. David brought back scholar David Woken and regular guest Mark Gabrish Conlan to discuss The Moon is a Harsh Mistress winner of the Hugo Award in 1967. This novel, often referred to as his libertarian opus, would be not only the last time Robert Heinlein would win a Hugo (retro-Hugos aside)  in the 60s but the last he would win ever. Mistress is a book of ideas; David and frie...

Hello Dickheads. Here is our latest installment of the Dick Adjacent series, and this time we are talking Norman Spinrad's controversial 1972 novel The Iron Dream. The satirical tale of a world where Hitler decided to emigrate to America and become a fiction writer instead of doing that whole World War II thing. Join David, Anthony, scholar David Woken, and regular guest Mark Gabrish Conlan as the...

Hello, fellow DickHeads. Here is the eighth episode of our series on material related to the works, timeline, impact, and/or any other ties to Philip K. Dick. In this episode, David continues his series within a series about the Hugo Award winners of the 1960s with Way Station (Hugo Award for Best Novel 1964) by Clifford D. Simak. Musician, scifi fan, and old friend Matthew L. Whitaker joins David...

Hello all. We here at Dickheads Podcast hope you are all staying safe and happy. Me and Anthony are holding up pretty well here in the lockdown, but David gets antsy if he's stuck in one place for too long. So, to stay sane during the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided to start doing some Zoom discussions. Our Patreon ►► http://www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed Find David Agranoff: Amazon ►► www.amazon.c...

David sits down with SciFi luminaries Gary K. Wolfe, Gordon Van Gelder, and F. Paul Wilson to discuss writer/editor William Anthony Parker White AKA Anthony Boucher, whom you may recognize from his countless mentions in our regular podcast. He stands, along with A.E. van Vogt and Don Wollheim, as one of the three people most responsible for getting Philip K. Dick to become a writer. Here they disc...

Evan Lampe visits David all the way from China to discuss the next set of books. Opinions vary about the quality, but there is no doubt this time in Philip K. Dick's life was productive.  Plus, everything you need is inside these books. From a classical music jug band to a Christ figure selling drugs, the nerd kings discuss it all. Philip K. Dick and the World We Live In Paperback by Evan Lam...

David's back with a different set of friends to discuss the 1961 Hugo for best new novel winner, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.  Our Patreon ►► http://www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed Find A Canticle for Leibowitz: Amazon ►► https://www.amazon.com/Canticle-Leibowitz-LEIBOWITZ-May-09-2006-Paperback/dp/B0059EE0H6/ref=sr_1_4?crid=MMIFW1CEJTV5&dchild=1&keywords=a+canticle...

Hello, Dickheads. Shut-in as we are against the spread of the COVID-19 virus, we were still able to get together on Google Hangouts and have a great conversation with the President, co-Publisher, and co-Editor-in-Chief of science fiction and fantasy publisher DAW Books, Betsy Wollheim. She shares some of her vast knowledge with us built out of a lifetime in the publishing industry after being taug...

Here in our continuing series of PKD adjacent topics, David is joined once again by superfan Mark Gabrish Conlan to discuss the winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel from 1968, Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein. A deep dive into the story of a human orphan raised by Martians and the controversial author who wrote it. Our Patreon ►► https://www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed Stranger...

Hello, Dickheads. David recently had the opportunity to interview Craig Callender professor of philosophy and co-director of the institute for practical ethics at UCSD. In this interview they discuss everything from how time is measured to why Back to the Future is terrible. Our Patreon ►► http://www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed Find Craig Callender: Craig's Website ►► https://ccallender7.wixsite.c...

Hello, DickHeads. Finally, after a month of holidays and a month of illness, we are back. And with something a little different. This time we got a pair of authors (Lisa Yaszek/The Future is Female and Alec Nevala-Lee/Astounding) together with LJT and David to discuss Cancel Culture and its relevance in light of the numerous award name changes; most notablyJeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance...

Here is the first official offering of David's 1960s Hugo Award for Best Novel series. The other two Hugo winners (Man in the High Castle, Starship Troopers) are discussed in episodes of the main podcast. The entire Dick Adjacent series is dedicated to exploring the era of sci-fi in which Philip K. Dick wrote in by examining works of his contemporaries. Here, David is joined by writer/publisher Du...

This is the second episode of our series on material related to either the subject matter, time frame, or other ties to the work of Philip K. Dick. In this episode is a discussion of the Norman Spinrad novel Journal of the Plague Years with AIDS activist and journalist Mark Gabrish Conlan. Part 2 of our Spinrad Spectacular celebrating the birthday of one of the most controversial writers of the pa...

Welcome to the Norman Spinrad Spectacular. The interview with the man himself begins a little contentiously but don't worry, it doesn't take them long to get into a groove. They discuss Mr. Spinrad's entire career of over 50 years creating forward-thinking and controversial material. And you are going to want to stick around for the end to hear one (if not the) best PKD stories of all time. ...

Here in this phone recorded episode David discusses Beyond Apollo by Barry Malzbreg with guest author James Reich who wrote the introduction to a 2015 edition of the novel published by Anti-Oedipus Press in 2015. But they don't stop there; the discussion also includes everything from 2001 to William S. Burroughs. Enjoy. James Reich is the author of the novels Soft Invasions (December 2017), Mistah...

David must have done something right because author Barry Malzberg was willing to sit down for a lengthy phone conversation with him. In this interview, Barry leads David through his experiences with multiple authors including PKD, the in's and out's of the publishing industry of the 60s and 70s, and more. Also, don't forget to check out part 2 of our Barry Malzberg Spectacular where author James...

Hello DickHeads. Here is David's interview with editor, author, and Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech, Lisa Yaszek. She stopped by to discuss her book The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin: A Library of America Special Publication and everything from PKD to...