Author: Emmanuel Carrère
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250194741
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
For his many devoted readers, Philip K. Dick is not only one of the "one of the most valiant psychological explorers of the 20th century" (The New York Times) but a source of divine revelation. In the riveting style that won accolades for The Adversary, Emmanuel Carrère's I Am Alive and You Are Dead, follows Dick's strange odyssey from his traumatic beginnings in 1928, when his twin sister died in infancy, to his lonely end in 1982, beset by mystical visions of swirling pink light, three-eyed invaders, and messages from the Roman Empire. Drawing on interviews as well as unpublished sources, he vividly conjures the spirit of this restless observer of American postwar malaise who subverted the materials of science fiction--parallel universes, intricate time loops, collective delusions--to create classic works of contemporary anxiety.
I Am Alive and You Are Dead
Author: Emmanuel Carrère
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250194741
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
For his many devoted readers, Philip K. Dick is not only one of the "one of the most valiant psychological explorers of the 20th century" (The New York Times) but a source of divine revelation. In the riveting style that won accolades for The Adversary, Emmanuel Carrère's I Am Alive and You Are Dead, follows Dick's strange odyssey from his traumatic beginnings in 1928, when his twin sister died in infancy, to his lonely end in 1982, beset by mystical visions of swirling pink light, three-eyed invaders, and messages from the Roman Empire. Drawing on interviews as well as unpublished sources, he vividly conjures the spirit of this restless observer of American postwar malaise who subverted the materials of science fiction--parallel universes, intricate time loops, collective delusions--to create classic works of contemporary anxiety.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250194741
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
For his many devoted readers, Philip K. Dick is not only one of the "one of the most valiant psychological explorers of the 20th century" (The New York Times) but a source of divine revelation. In the riveting style that won accolades for The Adversary, Emmanuel Carrère's I Am Alive and You Are Dead, follows Dick's strange odyssey from his traumatic beginnings in 1928, when his twin sister died in infancy, to his lonely end in 1982, beset by mystical visions of swirling pink light, three-eyed invaders, and messages from the Roman Empire. Drawing on interviews as well as unpublished sources, he vividly conjures the spirit of this restless observer of American postwar malaise who subverted the materials of science fiction--parallel universes, intricate time loops, collective delusions--to create classic works of contemporary anxiety.
I Am Alive
Author: Cameron Jace
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781502503152
Category : Survival
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
"Decca Tenderstone has nothing to lose. She is a 'Monster', the lowest rank in Faya where teenagers are ranked on a scale from 1 to 10 on graduation day. There has never been a 10, and everyone below 5 are killed for entertainment by the Summit. Decca isn't going to give in. But when she meets the mysterious Leo Van Ark, who, in spite of being a 9, is also hunted by Summit, she has a stronger reason to survive. Will Decca and Leo ever make it, especially when no Monster ever survived. Will she know his secret, and will they change the world together?"--Amazon.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781502503152
Category : Survival
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
"Decca Tenderstone has nothing to lose. She is a 'Monster', the lowest rank in Faya where teenagers are ranked on a scale from 1 to 10 on graduation day. There has never been a 10, and everyone below 5 are killed for entertainment by the Summit. Decca isn't going to give in. But when she meets the mysterious Leo Van Ark, who, in spite of being a 9, is also hunted by Summit, she has a stronger reason to survive. Will Decca and Leo ever make it, especially when no Monster ever survived. Will she know his secret, and will they change the world together?"--Amazon.
I Think I Am
Author: Laurence A. Rickels
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816666652
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
"Aside from its perfect fit of critic and subject, Laurence A. Rickels's book provides the most thorough and exhaustive reading of Philip K. Dick's literary work that exists. He goes through all the novels literally, both the science fiction works and the so-called mainstream novels Dick did not publish in his lifetime. The reader of science fiction should welcome a book like this, which is both knowledgeable of the SF tradition tradition and creatively analytical. I could not put this book down once I began to read it".---George Slusser, University of California, Riverside --
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816666652
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
"Aside from its perfect fit of critic and subject, Laurence A. Rickels's book provides the most thorough and exhaustive reading of Philip K. Dick's literary work that exists. He goes through all the novels literally, both the science fiction works and the so-called mainstream novels Dick did not publish in his lifetime. The reader of science fiction should welcome a book like this, which is both knowledgeable of the SF tradition tradition and creatively analytical. I could not put this book down once I began to read it".---George Slusser, University of California, Riverside --
Innocent Colors
Author: Arunesh Dixit
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 148283605X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
This book is the lyrical depiction of experiences, aspirations, emotions, and hopes. These lifes bittersweet experiences and encounters are penned down into the logically connected verses. The poems included here are from the very vast areas of lifesuch as life of a fresh recruit in an office, the positivity of an interview reject, close observation of the various activities of an owl, from the wetness of rains to the lazy lying under the leaves of grass in a sunny day. Poems also include a tribute to the departed sister and also talks about the importance of mother in our life, the role of father, and also touched in short is the toil they take to raise us. Some poems are trying to touch upon the different aspects of life and the duties of being human.
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 148283605X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
This book is the lyrical depiction of experiences, aspirations, emotions, and hopes. These lifes bittersweet experiences and encounters are penned down into the logically connected verses. The poems included here are from the very vast areas of lifesuch as life of a fresh recruit in an office, the positivity of an interview reject, close observation of the various activities of an owl, from the wetness of rains to the lazy lying under the leaves of grass in a sunny day. Poems also include a tribute to the departed sister and also talks about the importance of mother in our life, the role of father, and also touched in short is the toil they take to raise us. Some poems are trying to touch upon the different aspects of life and the duties of being human.
Research Anthology on Architectures, Frameworks, and Integration Strategies for Distributed and Cloud Computing
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1799853403
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 2700
Book Description
Distributed systems intertwine with our everyday lives. The benefits and current shortcomings of the underpinning technologies are experienced by a wide range of people and their smart devices. With the rise of large-scale IoT and similar distributed systems, cloud bursting technologies, and partial outsourcing solutions, private entities are encouraged to increase their efficiency and offer unparalleled availability and reliability to their users. The Research Anthology on Architectures, Frameworks, and Integration Strategies for Distributed and Cloud Computing is a vital reference source that provides valuable insight into current and emergent research occurring within the field of distributed computing. It also presents architectures and service frameworks to achieve highly integrated distributed systems and solutions to integration and efficient management challenges faced by current and future distributed systems. Highlighting a range of topics such as data sharing, wireless sensor networks, and scalability, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for system administrators, integrators, designers, developers, researchers, academicians, and students.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1799853403
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 2700
Book Description
Distributed systems intertwine with our everyday lives. The benefits and current shortcomings of the underpinning technologies are experienced by a wide range of people and their smart devices. With the rise of large-scale IoT and similar distributed systems, cloud bursting technologies, and partial outsourcing solutions, private entities are encouraged to increase their efficiency and offer unparalleled availability and reliability to their users. The Research Anthology on Architectures, Frameworks, and Integration Strategies for Distributed and Cloud Computing is a vital reference source that provides valuable insight into current and emergent research occurring within the field of distributed computing. It also presents architectures and service frameworks to achieve highly integrated distributed systems and solutions to integration and efficient management challenges faced by current and future distributed systems. Highlighting a range of topics such as data sharing, wireless sensor networks, and scalability, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for system administrators, integrators, designers, developers, researchers, academicians, and students.
Time Beginnings
Author: James Applewhite
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 080716688X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
In his poem “Afterward,” James Applewhite imagines a curious Eve in the Garden of Eden, her eye falling upon a twisting river and an S-shaped snake before she eats from the tree of knowledge, choosing change over stasis. Applewhite’s new collection Time Beginnings casts a keenly observant eye on the ever-varied natural world and meditates on the place of humans within it. In these philosophical poems, the slow creation of new planets in the farthest reaches of the galaxy mirrors the development of single-celled Earth organisms whose “first awareness . . . foretell[s] a consciousness / of self, the life lived knowing of death.” Meditating upon topics as far-ranging as the movement of photons in the heart of the sun and the single drop of blood on the finger of a girl holding a rosebud, James Applewhite’s poems explore deeply the mysteries of the galaxies and the complexities of being human.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 080716688X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
In his poem “Afterward,” James Applewhite imagines a curious Eve in the Garden of Eden, her eye falling upon a twisting river and an S-shaped snake before she eats from the tree of knowledge, choosing change over stasis. Applewhite’s new collection Time Beginnings casts a keenly observant eye on the ever-varied natural world and meditates on the place of humans within it. In these philosophical poems, the slow creation of new planets in the farthest reaches of the galaxy mirrors the development of single-celled Earth organisms whose “first awareness . . . foretell[s] a consciousness / of self, the life lived knowing of death.” Meditating upon topics as far-ranging as the movement of photons in the heart of the sun and the single drop of blood on the finger of a girl holding a rosebud, James Applewhite’s poems explore deeply the mysteries of the galaxies and the complexities of being human.
The Gift of Finding God's Love
Author: Teniecka Drake
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1642981494
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
This book wants to show God's love as a special gift. It is something so beautiful and yet mysterious, that it has to be found. Once that love is found, it is something very precious to hold on to. The type of unconditional love that God gives is only found in him. This is a personal testimony and poems to share ways on how to find God and realize that he cares. When God loves us, he shows us in only ways he can. At times, we may have to endure some trials and tribulations. As long we lean on hi
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1642981494
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
This book wants to show God's love as a special gift. It is something so beautiful and yet mysterious, that it has to be found. Once that love is found, it is something very precious to hold on to. The type of unconditional love that God gives is only found in him. This is a personal testimony and poems to share ways on how to find God and realize that he cares. When God loves us, he shows us in only ways he can. At times, we may have to endure some trials and tribulations. As long we lean on hi
A History of All Nations, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time
Author: Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
A History of All Nations, from the Earlier Periods to the Present Time
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Time and Ethics
Author: H. L. Dyke
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402013126
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Ethics seeks answers to questions about the moral status of human actions and human lives. Actions and lives are temporal things. Thus, one would think that answers to ethical questions should take some account of their temporal features. And yet, while a number of authors have drawn attention to the relation between time and ethics (Derek Parfit and Thomas Nagel in particular), there has never been a systematic study of the impact of temporal considerations on ethical issues. There is a pressing need for an investigation into how time and ethics impact on each other. This book leads the way in addressing that need. The essays in this collection raise and investigate some of the key issues that arise at the intersection between these two areas of philosophy. Anyone with an interest in ethics, (undergraduates, postgraduates and professional philosophers alike), will have a reason to read this book, as will anyone with an interest in the metaphysics of time, and how it connects with issues in other areas of philosophy.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402013126
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Ethics seeks answers to questions about the moral status of human actions and human lives. Actions and lives are temporal things. Thus, one would think that answers to ethical questions should take some account of their temporal features. And yet, while a number of authors have drawn attention to the relation between time and ethics (Derek Parfit and Thomas Nagel in particular), there has never been a systematic study of the impact of temporal considerations on ethical issues. There is a pressing need for an investigation into how time and ethics impact on each other. This book leads the way in addressing that need. The essays in this collection raise and investigate some of the key issues that arise at the intersection between these two areas of philosophy. Anyone with an interest in ethics, (undergraduates, postgraduates and professional philosophers alike), will have a reason to read this book, as will anyone with an interest in the metaphysics of time, and how it connects with issues in other areas of philosophy.