WEEK 7 SF

What does Brown (2001) identify as the central themes and concerns of the novel? What elements conform to the wider generic features of SF?

Brown (2001) identifies elements of the novel’s central themes and concerning of the novel. The novel should have literary style, psychological dept and delicate social understanding to the genre. Brown (2001) evaluates that Dick’s novel has these elements even his many books are SF genre; Dick displayed his sufficient knowledge, huge capability to get information. In addition, there are philosophy, psychology and religion in his novels. Also, Dick reflected his own life in his writing and ordinary person’s life in extraordinary circumstances illustrating effect of events on individuals. Although SF genre were regarded as the space adventures and mostly low quality involving crazy scientists, destructive alien monsters, lumbering stories of futuristic, technology with little awareness for the better style or characterization in the fifties, In America, Dick achieved very high quality of works on both SF and fiction.

What was does Dick (1995) himself theorise about the I Ching?

Dick (1995) theorises about the I Ching that when people on the situation of schizophrenic which happen things at the same time not according to the time like yesterday, today and tomorrow, they can come into the I Ching world which is the behind the world that has the power he or she does not know. People who are schizophrenic which means synchronicity can be helped by I Ching which tells every thing including what to do next or what is going to happen.

Reference lists

Brown, E. (2001). Introduction. In Dick, P.K., The Man in the High Castle

(p.v-xii). London: Penguin

Dick, P.K. (1995). Schizophrenia and the I Ching. In Sutin, L. (Ed.),

The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick (pp.175-182). New York: Vintage