A Day in the Afterlife: Revisiting the Life & Times of Philip K. Dick

in Film, Literature, Sci Fi | March 2nd, 2011 2 Comments

We mentioned this documentary some time ago, and it’s time to give it another look. Why? Because Philip K. Dick, the great sci-fi writer, would have turned 82 years old today – and because Adjustment Bureau, a film loosely based on Dick’s short story, “Adjustment Team” (read it online here), will hit movie theaters later this week.

Filmed in 1994 by the BBC, A Day in the Afterlife looks back at Dick’s short and often troubled life and his sprawling body of literary work – 44 novels and 121 short stories in total. The film runs 57 minutes and, if you’re interested, you can download three of his works from our collection of Free Audio Books.

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  1. georg says . . . | March 2, 2011 / 4:03 pm

    you mixed up the birth- and the day of death date. December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982

  2. -EN says . . . | March 3, 2011 / 9:37 am

    Great find.

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