Dickian

Still, it's an interesting story -- very Phillip K. Dick I always hated 'Dickian'.

Hey, don't be a girlie-man! Douglas Hoffman 2005

He also includes one of his early essays regarding what it means for a writer to be “Dickian.”

Comic Review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #10 | Fandomania 2010

There are a couple of "normal" Dickian moments, when one character somehow finds himself in our world, and when others discover that their world is also fictional; but the flaws in reality are much more subtly done here than in many of Dick's books, and for that reason more effective.

The continuous aspect nwhyte 2009

But then I read the original novel, which forced me to recognize the Dickian genius (even if dystopianism is not the style I naturally gravitate towards), and have been reading the comic from a different perspective.

Comic Review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Dust to Dust | Fandomania 2010

I have been doing reviews of the BOOM! adaptation of DADOES, and as a non-Dickian it was an interesting experience.

Comic Review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Dust to Dust | Fandomania 2010

In many ways, it's the ultimate example of Dickian paranoia distilled into just over 10 pages - the question of what's real, are people actually who they say they are or is it all a sham and are they actually out to get you?

MIND MELD: Memorable Short Stories to Add to Your Reading List (Part 2 of 2) 2009

I started thinking that Reynolds was riffing off Jeter's neglected Dickian masterpiece Farewell Horizontal 1989; but where another SF writer would have moved her characters and story up-zone, into the futuristic possibilities of the higher terraces of Spearpoint, Reynolds takes us in exactly the opposite direction: down to the ground.

Archive 2010-03-01 Adam Roberts 2010

Against the backdrop of a pointless war being waged between planets (as a reason for a certain government to control population - typically Dickian stand-in for the Cold War), the main character (while unable to control his place in time) tries to maintain the balance of power by keeping Earth's eccentric and ailing leader in good health, (remember Brezhnev?)

Mind-Shattering Novels of Philip K. Dick 2008

Another option: The Lathe of Heaven, her 1971 classic, which apparently is set a little closer to home, in a Philip K. Dickian version of Portland.

The Books of the States: Oregon (7 electoral votes) 2008

I started thinking that Reynolds was riffing off Jeter's neglected Dickian masterpiece Farewell Horizontal 1989; but where another SF writer would have moved her characters and story up-zone, into the futuristic possibilities of the higher terraces of Spearpoint, Reynolds takes us in exactly the opposite direction: down to the ground.

Alastair Reynolds, Terminal World (2010) Adam Roberts 2010