https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=BSOPAC%3A%20(PHILIP%20%2B%20K%20%2B%20DICK)&QRYTEXT=Anywhere%3A%20philip%20k%20dick%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=GEN&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2789161&CF=GEN Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone died in the explosion orchestrated by his business rivals, but even as his funeral is scheduled, his employees are receiving bewildering messages from their boss. And the world around them is warping and regressing in ways which suggest that their own time is running out. If it hasn't already. Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone died in the explosion orchestrated by his business rivals, but even as his funeral is scheduled, his employees are receiving bewildering messages from their boss. And the world around them is warping and regressing in ways which suggest that their own time is running out. If it hasn't already.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Ulverscroft Collections, 2019.<br />282 pages (large print) ; 23 cm<br /><br />Lockswood - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016470426<br />Petersfield - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016470427<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2845642&CF=GEN Dreamscape Media presents a collection of thirteen early short stories penned by Philip K. Dick. Exploring themes of authoritarianism, alternate universes, and altered consciousness, the stories (including The Variable Man, Second Variety, and The Defenders) first appeared in American science fiction magazines of the 1950s and earned him the respect of such peers as Robert Heinlein and Ursula LeGuin, as well as the adulation of a voracious readership. Dreamscape Media presents a collection of thirteen early short stories penned by Philip K. Dick. Exploring themes of authoritarianism, alternate universes, and altered consciousness, the stories (including The Variable Man, Second Variety, and The Defenders) first appeared in American science fiction magazines of the 1950s and earned him the respect of such peers as Robert Heinlein and Ursula LeGuin, as well as the adulation of a voracious readership.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Dreamscape Media, 2018<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2712223&CF=GEN Based on the stories contained in this volume, the ten-part anthology series, 'Electric Dreams' is written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated Ronald D. Moore and Michael Dinner, with Oscar nominated Bryan Cranston both executive producing and appearing in the series. Each episode will be a sharp, thrilling standalone drama adapted and contemporised for global audiences by a creative team of British and American writers. The series will both illustrate Philip K. Dick's prophetic vision and celebrate the enduring appeal of the prized sci-fi novelist's work. Based on the stories contained in this volume, the ten-part anthology series, 'Electric Dreams' is written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated Ronald D. Moore and Michael Dinner, with Oscar nominated Bryan Cranston both executive producing and appearing in the series. Each episode will be a sharp, thrilling standalone drama adapted and contemporised for global audiences by a creative team of British and American writers. The series will both illustrate Philip K. Dick's prophetic vision and celebrate the enduring appeal of the prized sci-fi novelist's work.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Ulverscroft Collections, 2018.<br />264 pages (large print) ; 23 cm<br /><br />Portchester - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016458594<br />West End - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016458593<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2712226&CF=GEN Popularly known as 'Blade Runner', because of its incarnation as a movie, 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' is Dick's most famous title. Stalking androids in 21st century megalopolis, Deckard begins to question just who is human and what human is. Popularly known as 'Blade Runner', because of its incarnation as a movie, 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' is Dick's most famous title. Stalking androids in 21st century megalopolis, Deckard begins to question just who is human and what human is.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Ulverscroft Collections, 2018.<br />270 pages (large print) ; 23 cm<br /><br />Lockswood - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016458596<br />Ringwood - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016458595<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2463826&CF=GEN The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. William Gibson revolutionised science fiction in his 1984 debut 'Neuromancer'. The writer who gave us the matrix and coined the term 'cyberspace' produced a first novel that won the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, and lit the fuse on the Cyberpunk movement. More than three decades later, Gibson's text is as stylish as ever, his noir narrative still glitters like chrome in the shadows and his depictions of the rise and abuse of corporate power look more prescient every day. The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. William Gibson revolutionised science fiction in his 1984 debut 'Neuromancer'. The writer who gave us the matrix and coined the term 'cyberspace' produced a first novel that won the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, and lit the fuse on the Cyberpunk movement. More than three decades later, Gibson's text is as stylish as ever, his noir narrative still glitters like chrome in the shadows and his depictions of the rise and abuse of corporate power look more prescient every day.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Gibson, William, 1948-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Gollancz, 2017.<br />352 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Stubbington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Available - C016699284<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2534390&CF=GEN After World War Terminus, the world was a devastated ruin. Rick Deckard was a bounty hunter who stalked renegade replicants. When he got a dream assignment to kill six Nexus-6 targets, Rick soon found himself in great danger. After World War Terminus, the world was a devastated ruin. Rick Deckard was a bounty hunter who stalked renegade replicants. When he got a dream assignment to kill six Nexus-6 targets, Rick soon found himself in great danger.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Gollancz, 2017.<br />193 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Farnborough - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Available - C016964319<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2534475&CF=GEN Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone died in the explosion orchestrated by his business rivals, but even as his funeral is scheduled, his employees are receiving bewildering messages from their boss. And the world around them is warping and regressing in ways which suggest that their own time is running out. If it hasn't already. Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone died in the explosion orchestrated by his business rivals, but even as his funeral is scheduled, his employees are receiving bewildering messages from their boss. And the world around them is warping and regressing in ways which suggest that their own time is running out. If it hasn't already.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017.<br />224 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Gollancz S.F.<br /><br />Farnborough - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Available - C016964323<br />Portchester - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016614237<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2552673&CF=GEN Based on the stories contained in this volume, the ten-part anthology series, 'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' is written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated Ronald D. Moore and Michael Dinner, with Oscar nominated Bryan Cranston both executive producing and appearing in the series. Each episode will be a sharp, thrilling standalone drama adapted and contemporised for global audiences by a creative team of British and American writers. The series will both illustrate Philip K. Dick's prophetic vision and celebrate the enduring appeal of the prized sci-fi novelist's work. Based on the stories contained in this volume, the ten-part anthology series, 'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' is written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated Ronald D. Moore and Michael Dinner, with Oscar nominated Bryan Cranston both executive producing and appearing in the series. Each episode will be a sharp, thrilling standalone drama adapted and contemporised for global audiences by a creative team of British and American writers. The series will both illustrate Philip K. Dick's prophetic vision and celebrate the enduring appeal of the prized sci-fi novelist's work.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Gollancz, 2017.<br />213 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Stubbington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Onloan - Due: 24 Nov 2023 - C016656316<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Available - C017009423<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2559339&CF=GEN The Department of Precrime has cut crime by almost 100 per cent. It is possible to look into the future, and then arrest potential criminals, sentence them and punish them, before they actually commit the crime. Nobody doubts the system until Precrime Commissioner John Anderton finds himself accused. The Department of Precrime has cut crime by almost 100 per cent. It is possible to look into the future, and then arrest potential criminals, sentence them and punish them, before they actually commit the crime. Nobody doubts the system until Precrime Commissioner John Anderton finds himself accused.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Gollancz, 2017.<br />x, 380 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Collected short stories of Philip K. Dick ; volume four.<br /><br />Stubbington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Available - C016797889<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Available - C017083299<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2658165&CF=GEN <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Elison, Meg<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Seattle : 47North, [2016]<br />291 pages ; 21 cm<br /><br />Totton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Available - C016642469<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2800479&CF=GEN But he wasn’t prepared for this. Satellites, death-rays, sinister policemen and underworld outcasts live in a nightmarish contemporary city that feels like something by Wells, Burroughs or Philip K. Dick. Threatened and lost, he begins to miss the home he left; but surely he won’t be tempted back? Titus Alone is a completely unexpected development, its bizarre and absurd satirical vision placing the dangers of progressive modernity against the deadening force of tradition. But he wasn’t prepared for this. Satellites, death-rays, sinister policemen and underworld outcasts live in a nightmarish contemporary city that feels like something by Wells, Burroughs or Philip K. Dick. Threatened and lost, he begins to miss the home he left; but surely he won’t be tempted back? Titus Alone is a completely unexpected development, its bizarre and absurd satirical vision placing the dangers of progressive modernity against the deadening force of tradition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Peake, Mervyn<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Naxos AudioBooks, 2016<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br />The Gormenghast Series ; 3<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2141934&CF=GEN Set in the San Francisco Bay area in the late 1950s, 'Humpty Dumpty in Oakland' is a tragicomedy of misunderstandings among used car dealers and real-estate salesmen: the small-time, struggling individuals for whom Philip K. Dick always reserved his greatest sympathy. Set in the San Francisco Bay area in the late 1950s, 'Humpty Dumpty in Oakland' is a tragicomedy of misunderstandings among used car dealers and real-estate salesmen: the small-time, struggling individuals for whom Philip K. Dick always reserved his greatest sympathy.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Gollancz, 2015.<br />256 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />County Store (HQZ Bar End) - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - FICTION - Available - C016153753<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2196745&CF=GEN <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Penguin Classics, 2015<br />256<br /><br />Emsworth - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - C017083281<br />Farnborough - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016793845<br />Hythe - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 13 May 2024 - C016476975<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2800151&CF=GEN An existential thriller set in a city unlike any other, real or imagined. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlof the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he investigates, the evidence points to conspiracies far stranger and more deadly than anything he could have imagined. Borl must travel from the decaying Beszel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange as his own. This is a border crossing like no other, a journey as psychic as it is physical, a shift in perception, a seeing of the unseen. His destination is Beszel's equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the rich and vibrant city of Ul Qoma. With Ul Qoman detective Qussim Dhatt, and struggling with his own transition, Borl is enmeshed in a sordid underworld of rabid nationalists intent on destroying their neighbouring city, and unificationists who dream of dissolving the two into one. As the detectives uncover the dead woman's secrets, they begin to suspect a truth that could cost them and those they care about more than their lives. What stands against them are murderous powers in Beszel and in Ul Qoma: and, most terrifying of all, that which lies between these two cities. Casting shades of Kafka and Philip K. Dick, Raymond Chandler and 1984, The City & the City is a murder mystery taken to dazzling metaphysical and artistic heights. An existential thriller set in a city unlike any other, real or imagined. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlof the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he investigates, the evidence points to conspiracies far stranger and more deadly than anything he could have imagined. Borl must travel from the decaying Beszel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange as his own. This is a border crossing like no other, a journey as psychic as it is physical, a shift in perception, a seeing of the unseen. His destination is Beszel's equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the rich and vibrant city of Ul Qoma. With Ul Qoman detective Qussim Dhatt, and struggling with his own transition, Borl is enmeshed in a sordid underworld of rabid nationalists intent on destroying their neighbouring city, and unificationists who dream of dissolving the two into one. As the detectives uncover the dead woman's secrets, they begin to suspect a truth that could cost them and those they care about more than their lives. What stands against them are murderous powers in Beszel and in Ul Qoma: and, most terrifying of all, that which lies between these two cities. Casting shades of Kafka and Philip K. Dick, Raymond Chandler and 1984, The City & the City is a murder mystery taken to dazzling metaphysical and artistic heights.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Miéville, China<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2014<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2754383&CF=GEN From quiet beginnings in the picturesque English seaside enclave of Pett Level, ‘In The Approaches’ ultimately constructs its own anarchic city-state on the previously undiscovered common ground between G. K. Chesterton and Philip K. Dick. On the one hand, this is an old-fashioned romantic comedy of fused buttocks, shrunken heads and Irish-Aboriginal saints; on the other it’s Barker’s wildest and most haunting book since 2007’s Booker Prize-shortlisted ‘Darkmans’. Following previous celebrations of the enduring allure of the posted letter (’Burley Cross Postbox Theft’) and the pre-lapsarian innocence of pre-Twitter celebrity (Booker-longlisted ‘The Yips’), this concluding instalment of Barker’s subliminally affiliated ‘digital trilogy’ imagines a basis for the internet in Catholic theology. Set in a 1984 which seems almost as distantly located in the past as Orwell’s was in the future, ‘In the Approaches’ offers a captivating glimpse of something more shocking than any dystopia – the possibility of faith. Praise for ‘The Yips’:‘Barker is ostensibly a comic writer, and is indeed snort-inducingly funny at times … What’s more – just about uniquely in this country – she is thinking intelligently and critically about how to make [a realist] tradition work in the present day. But it’s not for her virtue that she deserves to be read; it’s for pleasure. ’ Keith Miller, Daily Telegraph‘There are moments when Stuart Ransom has the vulgar bravura of John Self in Martin Amis’s ‘Money’… but Barker is unique and it’s for the pleasures of her style that one reads her. ’ Kate Kellaway, Observer‘Dementedly imaginative … stomach-turningly hilarious … What she has written is a state of the nation novel of the sort Dickens and Hogarth might have jointly conjured up had they ever visited Luton. ’ Michael Prodger, Financial Times‘Barker is at once sui generis and the Google-age inheritor of a tradition. The first third or so of the book gives us a Chaucerian sketch show sequence of comic set-pieces … then it takes a left turn into Shakespeare territory. ’ Sam Leith, Guardian‘Barker captures – and lovingly distorts – both the rhythms and banality of language. She is, as it were, Harold Pinter on crack. ’ Justin Cartwright, Spectator‘A specialist in likeable British grotesques … wackier siblings to those in Hilary Mantel’s ‘Beyond Black’. ‘The Yips’ cannot be faulted for its free-flowing imagination. ’ Tom Cox, Independent From quiet beginnings in the picturesque English seaside enclave of Pett Level, ‘In The Approaches’ ultimately constructs its own anarchic city-state on the previously undiscovered common ground between G. K. Chesterton and Philip K. Dick. On the one hand, this is an old-fashioned romantic comedy of fused buttocks, shrunken heads and Irish-Aboriginal saints; on the other it’s Barker’s wildest and most haunting book since 2007’s Booker Prize-shortlisted ‘Darkmans’. Following previous celebrations of the enduring allure of the posted letter (’Burley Cross Postbox Theft’) and the pre-lapsarian innocence of pre-Twitter celebrity (Booker-longlisted ‘The Yips’), this concluding instalment of Barker’s subliminally affiliated ‘digital trilogy’ imagines a basis for the internet in Catholic theology. Set in a 1984 which seems almost as distantly located in the past as Orwell’s was in the future, ‘In the Approaches’ offers a captivating glimpse of something more shocking than any dystopia – the possibility of faith. Praise for ‘The Yips’:‘Barker is ostensibly a comic writer, and is indeed snort-inducingly funny at times … What’s more – just about uniquely in this country – she is thinking intelligently and critically about how to make [a realist] tradition work in the present day. But it’s not for her virtue that she deserves to be read; it’s for pleasure. ’ Keith Miller, Daily Telegraph‘There are moments when Stuart Ransom has the vulgar bravura of John Self in Martin Amis’s ‘Money’… but Barker is unique and it’s for the pleasures of her style that one reads her. ’ Kate Kellaway, Observer‘Dementedly imaginative … stomach-turningly hilarious … What she has written is a state of the nation novel of the sort Dickens and Hogarth might have jointly conjured up had they ever visited Luton. ’ Michael Prodger, Financial Times‘Barker is at once sui generis and the Google-age inheritor of a tradition. The first third or so of the book gives us a Chaucerian sketch show sequence of comic set-pieces … then it takes a left turn into Shakespeare territory. ’ Sam Leith, Guardian‘Barker captures – and lovingly distorts – both the rhythms and banality of language. She is, as it were, Harold Pinter on crack. ’ Justin Cartwright, Spectator‘A specialist in likeable British grotesques … wackier siblings to those in Hilary Mantel’s ‘Beyond Black’. ‘The Yips’ cannot be faulted for its free-flowing imagination. ’ Tom Cox, Independent<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Barker, Nicola<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Fourth Estate, 2014<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1891511&CF=GEN <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gollancz, 2014<br />257<br />SF masterworks<br /><br />Lockswood - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024 - C016797904<br />New Milton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 23 May 2024 - C016797685<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1972312&CF=GEN Jim Briskin is a disc jockey on radio KOIF. He's still in love with his ex-wife, Pat - even though she's about to marry someone else at the station - and she's vacillating between them. But when he takes her to visit the desperate household of two of his teenage fans, she seduces the boy into abandoning his pregnant wife - who then claims Jim as her protector and support. And all around them the cultural upheaval of postwar American society is manifest. Jim Briskin is a disc jockey on radio KOIF. He's still in love with his ex-wife, Pat - even though she's about to marry someone else at the station - and she's vacillating between them. But when he takes her to visit the desperate household of two of his teenage fans, she seduces the boy into abandoning his pregnant wife - who then claims Jim as her protector and support. And all around them the cultural upheaval of postwar American society is manifest.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Gollancz, 2014.<br />320 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Aldershot - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016797635<br />Stubbington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016797914<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2752140&CF=GEN Yet some Gnostic beliefs derive from the older Mystery traditions of Greece and Rome, and the various Gnostic schools came to be branded as heretical by the emerging Christian church. Indeed, although some Gnostic beliefs are close to mainstream Christianity Gnosticism also held that the world is imperfect as it was created by an evil god who was constantly at war with the true, good God; that Christ and Satan were brothers; that reincarnation exists; and that women were the equal of men As a result, the Gnostics held the Feminine Aspect of God - whom they addressed as Sophia, or Wisdom - in very high regard. They also stressed that we each have a spark of the Divine inside us which, when recognised and developed, will ultimately liberate us from the prison of the material world. Although largely stamped out by the Church by the sixth century, Gnosticism survived underground through groups such as the Bogomils and the Cathars, and influenced the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the psychologist Carl Jung, the Existentialists, the New Age movement and writers as diverse as William Blake, W.B. Yeats, Albert Camus and Philip K. Dick. In this book, Sean Martin recounts the long and diverse history of Gnosticism, and argues for its continued relevance today. Yet some Gnostic beliefs derive from the older Mystery traditions of Greece and Rome, and the various Gnostic schools came to be branded as heretical by the emerging Christian church. Indeed, although some Gnostic beliefs are close to mainstream Christianity Gnosticism also held that the world is imperfect as it was created by an evil god who was constantly at war with the true, good God; that Christ and Satan were brothers; that reincarnation exists; and that women were the equal of men As a result, the Gnostics held the Feminine Aspect of God - whom they addressed as Sophia, or Wisdom - in very high regard. They also stressed that we each have a spark of the Divine inside us which, when recognised and developed, will ultimately liberate us from the prison of the material world. Although largely stamped out by the Church by the sixth century, Gnosticism survived underground through groups such as the Bogomils and the Cathars, and influenced the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the psychologist Carl Jung, the Existentialists, the New Age movement and writers as diverse as William Blake, W.B. Yeats, Albert Camus and Philip K. Dick. In this book, Sean Martin recounts the long and diverse history of Gnosticism, and argues for its continued relevance today.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Martin, Sean<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Pocket Essentials, 2014<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2745180&CF=GEN "The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack" presents 25 more mind-bending excursions through time and space, with great stories by such authors as Arthur C. Clarke, Nancy Kress, Lawrence Watt-Evans, George Zebrowski, Philip K. Dick, and many more! Included are:OUT OF ALL THEM BRIGHT STARS, by Nancy KressTHE HANGING STRANGER, by Philip K. DickWALKING JOHN AND BIRD, by Neal AsherTHE SYMPHONIC ABDUCTION, by Hannes BokTHE NINE BILLION NAMES OF GOD, by Arthur C. ClarkeHILLARY ORBITS VENUS, by Pamela SargentMAYBE JUST A LITTLE ONE, by Reginald BretnorTHE ULTROOM ERROR, by Jerry SohlREMEMBRANCE OF THINGS TO COME, by Lawrence Watt-EvansTHE ASTRONAUT FROM WYOMING, by Adam-Troy Castro & Jerry OltionPRIDE, by Mary A. TurzilloCAT AND MOUSE, by Ralph WilliamsTHE RECORD, by Forrest J Ackerman and Ray BradburyTHE NEW REALITY, by Reginald BretnorWHAT HATH ME? by Henry KuttnerBRIDGE OF SILENCE, by George ZebrowskiSUN’S UP, by A.A. Jackson IV and Howard WaldropCONSIGNMENT, by Alan E. NourseTHE SYNDIC, by C.M. KornbluthAFTER BONESTELL, by Jay LakeTHE JEWELS OF APTOR, by Samuel R. DelanyTHE MISSISSIPPI SAUCER, by Frank Belknap LongMEMBERSHIP DRIVE, by Murray F. YacoCANCER WORLD, by Harry Warner, Jr.EGOCENTRIC ORBIT, by John CoryAnd don't forget to search this ebook store for more entries in the Megapack series, covering everything from science fiction and fantasy to horror, westerns, pulp fiction, adventure, ghost stories, and much, much more! "The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack" presents 25 more mind-bending excursions through time and space, with great stories by such authors as Arthur C. Clarke, Nancy Kress, Lawrence Watt-Evans, George Zebrowski, Philip K. Dick, and many more! Included are:OUT OF ALL THEM BRIGHT STARS, by Nancy KressTHE HANGING STRANGER, by Philip K. DickWALKING JOHN AND BIRD, by Neal AsherTHE SYMPHONIC ABDUCTION, by Hannes BokTHE NINE BILLION NAMES OF GOD, by Arthur C. ClarkeHILLARY ORBITS VENUS, by Pamela SargentMAYBE JUST A LITTLE ONE, by Reginald BretnorTHE ULTROOM ERROR, by Jerry SohlREMEMBRANCE OF THINGS TO COME, by Lawrence Watt-EvansTHE ASTRONAUT FROM WYOMING, by Adam-Troy Castro & Jerry OltionPRIDE, by Mary A. TurzilloCAT AND MOUSE, by Ralph WilliamsTHE RECORD, by Forrest J Ackerman and Ray BradburyTHE NEW REALITY, by Reginald BretnorWHAT HATH ME? by Henry KuttnerBRIDGE OF SILENCE, by George ZebrowskiSUN’S UP, by A.A. Jackson IV and Howard WaldropCONSIGNMENT, by Alan E. NourseTHE SYNDIC, by C.M. KornbluthAFTER BONESTELL, by Jay LakeTHE JEWELS OF APTOR, by Samuel R. DelanyTHE MISSISSIPPI SAUCER, by Frank Belknap LongMEMBERSHIP DRIVE, by Murray F. YacoCANCER WORLD, by Harry Warner, Jr.EGOCENTRIC ORBIT, by John CoryAnd don't forget to search this ebook store for more entries in the Megapack series, covering everything from science fiction and fantasy to horror, westerns, pulp fiction, adventure, ghost stories, and much, much more!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kress, Nancy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Wildside Press, 2013<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br />Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2746236&CF=GEN Winner of the 2014 Philip K. Dick AwardThe Last Policeman received the 2013 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original--along with plenty of glowing reviews. Now Detective Hank Palace returns in Countdown City, the second volume of the Last Policeman trilogy. There are just 77 days before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Palace is out of a job. With the Concord police force operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, Hank's days of solving crimes are over...until a woman from his past begs for help finding her missing husband. Brett Cavatone disappeared without a trace—an easy feat in a world with no phones, no cars, and no way to tell whether someone’s gone “bucket list” or just gone. With society falling to shambles, Hank pieces together what few clues he can, on a search that leads him from a college-campus-turned-anarchist-encampment to a crumbling coastal landscape where anti-immigrant militia fend off “impact zone” refugees. Countdown City presents another fascinating mystery set on brink of an apocalypse--and once again, Hank Palace confronts questions way beyond "whodunit." What do we as human beings owe to one another? And what does it mean to be civilized when civilization is collapsing all around you? Winner of the 2014 Philip K. Dick AwardThe Last Policeman received the 2013 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original--along with plenty of glowing reviews. Now Detective Hank Palace returns in Countdown City, the second volume of the Last Policeman trilogy. There are just 77 days before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Palace is out of a job. With the Concord police force operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, Hank's days of solving crimes are over...until a woman from his past begs for help finding her missing husband. Brett Cavatone disappeared without a trace—an easy feat in a world with no phones, no cars, and no way to tell whether someone’s gone “bucket list” or just gone. With society falling to shambles, Hank pieces together what few clues he can, on a search that leads him from a college-campus-turned-anarchist-encampment to a crumbling coastal landscape where anti-immigrant militia fend off “impact zone” refugees. Countdown City presents another fascinating mystery set on brink of an apocalypse--and once again, Hank Palace confronts questions way beyond "whodunit." What do we as human beings owe to one another? And what does it mean to be civilized when civilization is collapsing all around you?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Winters, Ben H.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Quirk Books, 2013<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br />The Last Policeman Trilogy ; 2<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2749126&CF=GEN The highly prolific and influential science fiction author Philip K. Dick published 44 novels and more than 120 brief works during his lifetime. This anthology presents his finest short stories and novellas that originally appeared in pulp magazines of the early 1950s. Contents include "The Variable Man," "Second Variety," "Beyond the Door," "The Defenders," and more. The highly prolific and influential science fiction author Philip K. Dick published 44 novels and more than 120 brief works during his lifetime. This anthology presents his finest short stories and novellas that originally appeared in pulp magazines of the early 1950s. Contents include "The Variable Man," "Second Variety," "Beyond the Door," "The Defenders," and more.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Dover Publications, 2013<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2845644&CF=GEN The Philip K. Dick Megapack assembles no less than 15 classic science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick. The Philip K. Dick Megapack assembles no less than 15 classic science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Wildside Press, 2013<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br />MEGAPACK ®<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2752493&CF=GEN The third volume in the Science Fiction MEGAPACK® series collection 26 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, including a complete novel by H. Beam Piper! Included in this volume are:"The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity," by Fritz Leiber"Time Bum," by C.M. Kornbluth"The Human Equations," by Dave Creek"The Gun," by Philip K. Dick"Not Stupid Enough," by George H. Scithers"Jackpot," by E.C. Tubb"The Killing Streets," by Colin Harvey"Moon Dive," by Sydney J. Bounds"Charon’s Curse," by John Glasby"The Hunted Heroes," by Robert Silverberg"Night of the Squealers," by Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin"Chaos," by John Russell Fearn"And Happiness Everlasting," by Gerald Warfield"The 7th Order," by Jerry Sohl"Monkey on his Back," by Charles V. De Vet"The Calm Man," by Frank Belknap Long"Alien Still Life," by John Gregory Betancourt"A Question of Courage," by J. F. Bone"Angels and Moths" by Costi Gurgu"Second Landing," by Murray Leinster"The Einstein-Rosen Hunter-Gatherer Society," by George S. Walker"Wind," by Charles L. Fontenay"Star Mother," by Robert F. Young"The Sky Is Falling," by Lester Del ReyIf you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more! The third volume in the Science Fiction MEGAPACK® series collection 26 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, including a complete novel by H. Beam Piper! Included in this volume are:"The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity," by Fritz Leiber"Time Bum," by C.M. Kornbluth"The Human Equations," by Dave Creek"The Gun," by Philip K. Dick"Not Stupid Enough," by George H. Scithers"Jackpot," by E.C. Tubb"The Killing Streets," by Colin Harvey"Moon Dive," by Sydney J. Bounds"Charon’s Curse," by John Glasby"The Hunted Heroes," by Robert Silverberg"Night of the Squealers," by Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin"Chaos," by John Russell Fearn"And Happiness Everlasting," by Gerald Warfield"The 7th Order," by Jerry Sohl"Monkey on his Back," by Charles V. De Vet"The Calm Man," by Frank Belknap Long"Alien Still Life," by John Gregory Betancourt"A Question of Courage," by J. F. Bone"Angels and Moths" by Costi Gurgu"Second Landing," by Murray Leinster"The Einstein-Rosen Hunter-Gatherer Society," by George S. Walker"Wind," by Charles L. Fontenay"Star Mother," by Robert F. Young"The Sky Is Falling," by Lester Del ReyIf you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Wildside Press, 2012<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br />Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1468701&CF=GEN <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Phoenix, 2012<br />193<br /><br />Aldershot - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Available - C017192047<br />Portchester - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Available - C016699277<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016886041<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Available - C017083249<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1662608&CF=GEN Jason Taverner is suddenly a man with no identity, in a police state where everyone is closely monitored. Can he ever be rich and famous again? Jason Taverner is suddenly a man with no identity, in a police state where everyone is closely monitored. Can he ever be rich and famous again?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Phoenix, 2012.<br />247 p. ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Portchester - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Available - C016699279<br />Stubbington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Available - C016964320<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1585571&CF=GEN <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Phoenix, 2012<br />217<br /><br />Aldershot - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Science Fiction - Available - C017221704<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1585570&CF=GEN It began with a blinding light, a divine revelation from a mysterious intelligence that called itself Valis. Nothing seems quite right and God plays both the missing person and the perpetrator of the ultimate crime. It began with a blinding light, a divine revelation from a mysterious intelligence that called itself Valis. Nothing seems quite right and God plays both the missing person and the perpetrator of the ultimate crime.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Phoenix, 2012.<br />271 p. ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Waterlooville - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 17 May 2024 - C016797956<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1419555&CF=GEN Ed Fletcher is a real estate agent with a normal life, until one day he leaves the house for work a few minutes later than he should have. He arrives at a terrifying, grey, ash world. Ed rushes home and tells his wife, Ruth, who goes back to the office with him. When they return, everything is normal. Ed Fletcher is a real estate agent with a normal life, until one day he leaves the house for work a few minutes later than he should have. He arrives at a terrifying, grey, ash world. Ed rushes home and tells his wife, Ruth, who goes back to the office with him. When they return, everything is normal.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio ; Leicester : Ulverscroft [distributor], 2011.<br />1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.<br /><br />Aldershot - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - FICTION - Available - C015011371<br />Lymington - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - FICTION - Available - C015011372<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1263503&CF=GEN In 2080, Earth's overpopulation problem is alleviated by placing millions in voluntary deep freeze. But the pressure is on to find a lasting solution so they can resume their lives. The problem seems insoluble until a flaw in the new instantaneous travel system opens up a path to whole new worlds. In 2080, Earth's overpopulation problem is alleviated by placing millions in voluntary deep freeze. But the pressure is on to find a lasting solution so they can resume their lives. The problem seems insoluble until a flaw in the new instantaneous travel system opens up a path to whole new worlds.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Gollancz, 2011.<br />204 p. ; 20 cm.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Gosport DC - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Sci-Fi - On reserve shelf at Gosport DC - C015113706<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1230005&CF=GEN Episcopal bishop Timothy Archer is haunted by the suicides of his son and mistress, and must cope with the implications of the discovery of a religious artefact. These events drive him into a quest for the identity of Christ. Episcopal bishop Timothy Archer is haunted by the suicides of his son and mistress, and must cope with the implications of the discovery of a religious artefact. These events drive him into a quest for the identity of Christ.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dick, Philip K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Gollancz, 2011.<br />256 p. ; 20 cm.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Average rating: </span><span style="vertical-align: middle;"><img style="margin:0;" src="https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-blankstar.gif" alt="☆" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-blankstar.gif" alt="☆" /></span> (1 review)<br /><br />Portchester - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - FICTION - Science Fiction - Onloan - Due: 23 Dec 2023 - C015060906<br />