The game of the rat: A.E. Van Vogt's 800-word rule and P.K. Dick's 'The Game-Players of Titan'
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The article explores the narrative shunts used by science fiction author Philip K. Dick. It is argued that he uses these shifts in narration not to reactivate a lagging storyline per A.E. Van Vogt's 800-word rule, but rather to create textual mazes that challenge readers' mindsets - the game of the rat.
Publication Name: Science Fiction Studies
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0091-7729
Year: 2004
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LSD, Lying Ink, and Lies, Inc.
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Philip K. Dick is reputedly known as an acid-crazed visionary, which was more the result of his self-publicity than his particular drug habits. He repeatedly discussed his LSD use in fanzine articles and letters during 1960 and incorporated it as a plot device in a novel that was to become Lies, Inc.
Publication Name: Science Fiction Studies
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0091-7729
Year: 2005
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