SoCal with a sci-fi twist: Philip K. Dick's serene, unusual years in Orange County | Hero Complex | Los Angeles Times

SoCal with a sci-fi twist: Philip K. Dick's serene, unusual years in Orange County | Hero Complex | Los Angeles Times:

PART 1: PHILIP K. DICK, THE LAST DECADE

"The last years of his life, Philip K. Dick lived in, of all places, Orange County, a Southern California setting that made the life-battered sci-fi writer something of a (to borrow from Robert Heinlein) stranger in a strange land. Today, we begin a six-part series looking at those final years. The series is written by Scott Timberg, the L.A. freelance journalist who runs the West Coast culture blog the Misread City. He's also a longtime (albeit sometimes closeted) fan of science fiction."

"Dick’s life and work, which began to resemble and blend into each other during his years in Southern California, are the subject of a new film, “Radio Free Albemuth,” starring Alanis Morissette and currently seeking distribution. (The novel, published after his death, and film both offer a character named Philip K. Dick.) “The Adjustment Bureau,” an adaptation of an early Dick story starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, is due in the fall, and several other projects -- as well as lawsuits over his ever-growing estate -- are cooking." Sphere: Related Content