The Half-Life of Philip K. Dick Friday the 27th of April 2018 CFP deadline = March 8th 2018 Through the process of adaptation, Philip K. Dick lives out his half-life and continues to have a presence in our contemporary culture.

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**The Half-Life of Philip K. Dick**

**Friday the 27th of April 2018**  
**CFP deadline = March 8th 2018**

Through the process of adaptation, Philip K. Dick lives out his
half-life and continues to have a presence in our contemporary culture.
Recent high-profile adaptations of his work include *Blade Runner 2049*
(2017), *The Man in the High Castle* (2015 -- ongoing) and *Philip K.
Dick's Electric Dreams* (2017). The term Dickian is increasingly
deployed by commentators to describe contemporary politics. While
liberal detractors of President Donald Trump see ironic similarity
between the election of a TV personality and Dick's fiction and
right-wing Trump supporters utilise Dick's writing in support of
conspiracy theories.

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By defining adaptation in its broadest possible sense, we invite papers
that aim to respond to the presence of Philip K. Dick within any
contemporary discourse and/or discipline. There is, of course, a
self-qualifying element to this, as any contemporary research into
Philip K. Dick is, in its own way, an example of adaptation. Our
discussion of Dick's work is not limited to his fiction, but includes,
along one axis, his non-fiction; interviews, letters and (often
unreliable) autobiographical writing and, along the other axis,
adaptations, allusions and references to Dick and his oeuvre in any
third-party work.

We welcome proposals for twenty-minute presentations from both creative
and academic practitioners, and from undergraduates, postgraduates,
researchers and established scholars. Please send 300-word proposals to
Thomas Knowles
[thomas.knowles@bcu.ac.uk](mailto:thomas.knowles@bcu.ac.uk){target="_blank"
rel="noopener"} and Terence Sawyers
[tsawyers@qmu.ac.uk](mailto:tsawyers@qmu.ac.uk){target="_blank"
rel="noopener"} by the end of March 8th, 2018.

**Topics for presentation may include, but are not limited to:**

- Adaptation and 'Science Unfiction'
- Texts and intertexts
- Convergence culture
- Fictionalised or unreliable biographies
- Genre studies
- Canonisation
- Fandom and participation (especially around the Exegesis project)
- Gnosticism
- Conspiracy theory

Within this broad range of possible topics, we have a particular
interest in papers that discuss the phenomenon of 'science unfiction'
(Poon 2000). Science Unfiction is the informing of scientific
development by the work of the non-scientific community, from science
fiction to nonfiction. This is achieved through the "silent
collaboration between scientist and nonscientist" (p. 160). This could
include real-world technological innovations or metaphysical
conceptions, such as the development of theory, provided this
constitutes a response to Philip K. Dick.

PKD Day 2018 is hosted by Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

The event is free and will be held in the Guild Rooms within the
Edinburgh Filmhouse (88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9BZ).

**Web:** https://philipkdickday.wordpress.com

**Facebook:** https://www.facebook.com/philipkdickDAY/


The Half-Life of Philip K. Dick


 Friday the 27th of April 2018


 CFP deadline = March 8th 2018

Through the process of adaptation, Philip K. Dick lives out his half-life and continues to have a presence in our contemporary culture.

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REMINDER CfP: Philip K. Dick Day 2018. April 27, 2018 @ Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh (UK). Deadline: March 8, 2018.