David Agranoff
@davidagranoff.bsky.social
Author of the Wonderland award nominated The Last Night to Kill Nazis. Postcards from a Dying World & Co-Host of the Dickheads podcasts about Philip K Dick and Sci Fi history. Columnist for Amazing Stories. Writes SF, Horror, and Bizarro. Vegan SxE
another live Dickheads Podcast interview up from the live hangouts. Seth Davis son of Science Fiction writer Grania Davis and godson of author Avram Davisdon. Grania dated PKD after he left Anne. Great interview!
Zoom Hangout Interview #10 - Seth Davis
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November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
another live Dickheads Podcast interview up from the live hangouts. Seth Davis son of Science Fiction writer Grania Davis and godson of author Avram Davisdon. Grania dated PKD after he left Anne. Great interview!
Watched Kubrick's mid-50s noir heist movie The Killing. Rough opening but good ending...
A ★★★★ review of The Killing (1956)
One of the few Kubrick movies I had never seen before. It starts off pretty rough, the exposition is insane, I can only think Kubrick was experimenting with Telling, as he was not showing and all tell...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Watched Kubrick's mid-50s noir heist movie The Killing. Rough opening but good ending...
Had an amazing time at SF in SF talking PKD’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. On the panel with Cyberpunk legend Rudy Rucker, David Gill and Tachyon publishing’s Jacob Weisman. Great audience questions, sold some books. Great time.
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Had an amazing time at SF in SF talking PKD’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. On the panel with Cyberpunk legend Rudy Rucker, David Gill and Tachyon publishing’s Jacob Weisman. Great audience questions, sold some books. Great time.
On my way to this event, this afternoon in San Francisco! Rudy Rucker, David Gill and myself talking Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep!
Join SF in SF for a Philip K. Dick Roundtable with PKD scholar David Gill!
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23rd – 3PM The San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch FREE AND OPEN TO ALL A Philip K. Dick Roundtable DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? Join SF in SF with experts Dav…
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November 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
On my way to this event, this afternoon in San Francisco! Rudy Rucker, David Gill and myself talking Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep!
If I didn't have a crazy day ahead of me I would have more thoughts. I think this Ari Aster's best movie. One of the best of the year for sure.
A ★★★★★ review of Eddington (2025)
I loved how politically all over the place the characters, and their politics were in this movie. Great tension, writing and direction. Joaquin Phoenix was great, Really loved this movie on many level...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
If I didn't have a crazy day ahead of me I would have more thoughts. I think this Ari Aster's best movie. One of the best of the year for sure.
New Dickheads Podcast up live hangout with one of our favorite guests Lisa Yaszek! She teaches science fiction at Georgia Tech. We talk about recovery work, teaching SF history, the Martian Trilogy and much more...
Zoom Hangout Interview #9 - Lisa Yaszek
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November 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
New Dickheads Podcast up live hangout with one of our favorite guests Lisa Yaszek! She teaches science fiction at Georgia Tech. We talk about recovery work, teaching SF history, the Martian Trilogy and much more...
Last night I finished the novel Red Star Hustle by @sam.j.miller and it was amazing. It is a part of a double with @maryrobinettekowal and I will get to her half soon but picked this up at @mystgalaxybooks when Sam signed there. Great gay crime space opera. Loved it
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Last night I finished the novel Red Star Hustle by @sam.j.miller and it was amazing. It is a part of a double with @maryrobinettekowal and I will get to her half soon but picked this up at @mystgalaxybooks when Sam signed there. Great gay crime space opera. Loved it
Book review up for the amazing new novel by @danielkraus.com Angel Down is an epic WW I novel all told in one sentence.
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Book Review: Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
Angel Down by Daniel Kraus 304 pages, Hardcover Published July 29, 2025 by Atria Books To say this is a bold and ambitious horror no...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Book review up for the amazing new novel by @danielkraus.com Angel Down is an epic WW I novel all told in one sentence.
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If they want it they probably deserve it.
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
The puffy, artificial look is rising in popularity - thanks to Maga elite such as Kristi Noem and Matt Gaetz
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November 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
If they want it they probably deserve it.
Book review up for Angel Down by Daniel Kraus. Yep, a WW I epic told all in a single sentence . davidagranoff.blogspot.com/2025/11/book...
Book Review: Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
Angel Down by Daniel Kraus 304 pages, Hardcover Published July 29, 2025 by Atria Books To say this is a bold and ambitious horror no...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Book review up for Angel Down by Daniel Kraus. Yep, a WW I epic told all in a single sentence . davidagranoff.blogspot.com/2025/11/book...
New Postcards from a Dying World episode of the SF Hall of Fame series continues with Ray Bradbury's Mars is Heaven from 1948. Available on audio wherever you pod. My guest include Phil Nichols representing the Ray Bradbury Center and my homey Marc Rothenberg.
PFDW #190 SF Hall of Fame #14 Mars is Heaven by Ray Bradbury w/ Phil Nichols and Marc Rothenberg
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November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New Postcards from a Dying World episode of the SF Hall of Fame series continues with Ray Bradbury's Mars is Heaven from 1948. Available on audio wherever you pod. My guest include Phil Nichols representing the Ray Bradbury Center and my homey Marc Rothenberg.
Book Review up for another book out on Tuesday! Master of Starlight by DW Arden released by the amazing Stalking Horse press. @jamesreich.bsky.social
Book Review: Master of Sunlight by DW Arden
Master of Starlight by DW Arden 170 pages, Paperback Expected publication November 18, 2025 by Stalking Horse Press One of the hit-o...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Book Review up for another book out on Tuesday! Master of Starlight by DW Arden released by the amazing Stalking Horse press. @jamesreich.bsky.social
Out Tuesday from Eco24 the year's best speculative eco-fiction edited by @marissavu.bsky.social this is a big more detailed review. Seriously amazing read...
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Book Review: ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction Edited by Marissa Van Uden
ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Eco-fiction Edited by Marissa Van Uden 312 pages, Paperback Expected publication: November 18, 2025 by ...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Out Tuesday from Eco24 the year's best speculative eco-fiction edited by @marissavu.bsky.social this is a big more detailed review. Seriously amazing read...
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Next Sunday David Gill and I will be on a panel about PKD and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep at the San Francisco library as a part of SF in SF series. I believe Rudy Rucker has also been added to the panel. So if you are in the Bay Area join us!
Join SF in SF for a Philip K. Dick Roundtable with PKD scholar David Gill!
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23rd – 3PM The San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch FREE AND OPEN TO ALL A Philip K. Dick Roundtable DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? Join SF in SF with experts Dav…
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November 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Next Sunday David Gill and I will be on a panel about PKD and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep at the San Francisco library as a part of SF in SF series. I believe Rudy Rucker has also been added to the panel. So if you are in the Bay Area join us!
It case you missed it. This PKD hangout was recorded last summer with Gabriel Mckee talking about his book The Sauserian. We also got deep into his exegesis. We are back at it again this Tuesday with William Sarill - so be a part of the conversation. link in the thread...
Zoom Hangout Interview #8 - Gabriel McKee
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November 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It case you missed it. This PKD hangout was recorded last summer with Gabriel Mckee talking about his book The Sauserian. We also got deep into his exegesis. We are back at it again this Tuesday with William Sarill - so be a part of the conversation. link in the thread...
Our pre-dude Bridges Saturday continues with this classic. It holds up well, but if takes on a different meaning knowing the despair Robin Williams felt internally.
A ★★★★★ review of The Fisher King (1991)
As a part of our pre-dude Jeff Bridges Saturday nights, we watched this classic. I don't know what to say other than the movie mostly holds up, a few jokes don't land, and few worked better for me as ...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our pre-dude Bridges Saturday continues with this classic. It holds up well, but if takes on a different meaning knowing the despair Robin Williams felt internally.
I am positive at this point in the discourse on GDT's Frankenstein, no one needs my opinion, but I liked it overall.
A ★★★★ review of Frankenstein (2025)
I don't know that anyone needs my opinion at this point in the discourse. I think as many versions of this story, I enjoyed GDT's take. I think the people who think he shat on the novel are wrong, the...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I am positive at this point in the discourse on GDT's Frankenstein, no one needs my opinion, but I liked it overall.
Okay, we are months behind on posting the interviews from the live Tuesday night PKD hangouts. They are coming out now. Subscribe to Dickheads Podcast on YouTube. In this episode, Gabriel McKee discusses his book, The Sausarian.
Zoom Hangout Interview #8 - Gabriel McKee
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November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Okay, we are months behind on posting the interviews from the live Tuesday night PKD hangouts. They are coming out now. Subscribe to Dickheads Podcast on YouTube. In this episode, Gabriel McKee discusses his book, The Sausarian.
New Column up on Amazing Stories! Robert Bloch and his Proto-bizarro Science Fiction Hollywood dystopia Sneak Preview!
25th Century Five and Dime #16: Robert Bloch’s Proto-Bizarro Hollywood dystopia is a lost classic! - Amazing Stories
We have to talk about Robert Bloch in the column. The list of Science Fiction writers who have enough short story output that they could call Philip K.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
New Column up on Amazing Stories! Robert Bloch and his Proto-bizarro Science Fiction Hollywood dystopia Sneak Preview!
Chuck Schumer really sucks at his job.
"No Senate Democrats have joined their colleagues in seeking Schumer’s resignation and none responded to requests for comment from the Prospect."
Hear me out...
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Chuck Schumer really sucks at his job.
Saw the new Predator movie. If I only worked 4 days a week I would see more movies in the theater.
A ★★★★ review of Predator: Badlands (2025)
When Prey came out I was ten minutes from the end of the movie when my TV caught on fire. Just saying. I was not expecting high art, but as a pulpy silly weird SF action movie it was everything I was ...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Saw the new Predator movie. If I only worked 4 days a week I would see more movies in the theater.
Book review up for @dharlanwilson.bsky.social 's newest novel(ish) book that takes place in a hilarious post-reality dystopia with plenty asides on science fiction, and film that descends into memoir and a weird art manifesto.
Book Review: Usurper by D. Harlan Wilson
Usuper by D.Harlan Wilson 172 pages, Paperback Expected publication February 1, 2026 by Guide Dog Books It should be noted that I was a bi...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Book review up for @dharlanwilson.bsky.social 's newest novel(ish) book that takes place in a hilarious post-reality dystopia with plenty asides on science fiction, and film that descends into memoir and a weird art manifesto.
Well I am still working on a longer more detailed review but yes order this book it is fantastic.
Thank you to @davidagranoff.bsky.social for the review of ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION 💜🍄
We're just ONE WEEK away from release! Don't forget to order your copy on November 18th, or preorder today for 30% off! 💸
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We're just ONE WEEK away from release! Don't forget to order your copy on November 18th, or preorder today for 30% off! 💸
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November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Well I am still working on a longer more detailed review but yes order this book it is fantastic.
This is my favorite interview I have done about my own fiction, and mad respect for Eric who edited in clips of Sammy Terry , Pictures of Earth Crisis and clips from the Navarone movies...
David Agranoff: Writing Against Fascism with Fangs and Fire
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November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This is my favorite interview I have done about my own fiction, and mad respect for Eric who edited in clips of Sammy Terry , Pictures of Earth Crisis and clips from the Navarone movies...
Oh hell yeah! @johnshirley2024.bsky.social interview is up on Paperback Warrior - a great podcast! Check it out!
Conversations - The John Shirley Interview
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November 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Oh hell yeah! @johnshirley2024.bsky.social interview is up on Paperback Warrior - a great podcast! Check it out!