On this edition of From the Vault we hear renowned science fiction author Philip K. Dick in conversation with Pacifica Radio's Mike Hodel, who championed the science fiction genre on his legendary KPFK show Hour 25. Conducted in 1976 at Dick's home in southern California, at a time when science fiction was considered by publishers to be among the lowest forms of literature, this interview opens up a fascinating journey into the mind of a great visionary who worked tirelessly to promote his science fiction work to an unsympathetic and largely uninterested reading public. Since Dick's death in 1982, fourteen of his novels and short stories have been made into films, under titles such as Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, and The Adjustment Bureau; not surprisingly, the interview we're listening to today from Pacifica Radio Archives is included in the special features section on the DVD of Dicks's A Scanner Darkly.
From the Vault is presented as part of the Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation and Access Project, funded in part by an award from the GRAMMY Foundation and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives and Records Administration, and past grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, and the American Archive funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, along with the generous support of Pacifica Radio Listeners. We also thank our partners and collaborators at the Pop-Up Archive, Amara, Other Minds Archives, George Blood Audio, and the California Audio Visual Preservation Project.
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