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David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 1d

Slim and the reader into the criminal underworld. Action and quick witted dialogue. Shirley brings his story telling chops and sense to west coast crime epic. Pre/order now!

David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 1d

Finished reading the soon to be released crime thriller by cyberpunk legend @johnshirley2024.bsky.social . An editor with a past breaks bad after his son dies from an overdose and he survives a mass shooting on the same day. Finding the person responsible for his son’s death leads...

10/07/2025 UNCOMFORTABLY DARK SPECIAL REPORT! Brian Asman joins us to discuss MAN, F*CK THIS HOUSE, AND OTHER DISASTERS!

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Candace Nola @candacenola.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Release Day to Brian Asman!!!
Check out his exclusive interview with Uncomfortably Dark Horror! www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/10-07-2...

BRIAN ASMAN JOINS US ON LAUNCH DAY TO DISCUSS HIS VIRAL CULT HIT NOVELLA "MAN, F*CK THIS HOUSE (AND OTHER DISASTERS)!"MAN, F*CK THIS HOUSE! Became a huge success when it was first released. Can you te...

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David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 1d

Short review up, mostly of the two best stories in the collection. The Final War and Union Forever, an anti-war and technocratic dictatorship stories.

Book Review: The Many Worlds of Barry Malzberg by Barry N. Malzberg

The Many Worlds of Barry Malzberg by Barry N. Malzberg 159 pages, Paperback Published January, 1975 by Popular Library I grabbed this...

Episode #188 Severance Panel Discussion Recorded Live at SFAM in LA.

David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 2d

So I moderated a panel on Severance at the Speculative Fiction Across Media Conference in LA. Speculative Fiction Across Media This is a live recording so the sound is far from perfect but excellent content. Audio only.

Podcast Episode · Postcards from a Dying World · 10/06/2025 · 1h 32m

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David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 3d

One of the most underrated action movies of the century so far. Since I watched The Limey, I wanted to watch the other Dobbs written Soderbergh-directed movie.

A ★★★★★ review of Haywire (2011)

Watched The Limey so wanted to watch the other Lem Dobbs/Soderberg film. Such a great action thriller, with an amazing cast. Too bad Gina C. went all MAGA. Such an underrated action movie.

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David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 3d

It started a letter war between Phil and Joanna Russ, who crushed in him in the debate. Despite a Cringe POV the story has some funny PKD world-building. Set on Vancouver Island. I have only 8 stories left to write Dickapedia entries for.

David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 3d

Finally got to the story I was dreading. The Pre-Persons published in 1974, was the anti-abortion story that angered many, many readers of the 25th anniversary issue of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction...

David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 3d

There is a reference to "Double-domed Scientist types." Seems a pretty pulpy concept for a story written in the 70s. But Double-Domed experts is already an entry from an earlier story.

Book Review: We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough

David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 3d

Back to work on Dickapedia. Writing the entries for A Little Something for Us Tempnauts. The 1973 time-loop story, where three Time-travelers go to their own funeral. Michael B. Jordan's production company recently got the rights. Not as many terms to write entries for....

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David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 3d

Book review up. Do you need me to tell you how Sarah Pinborough breathed fresh air into the old haunted house? I mean Stephen King already said it. Three POVs weaving marriage dynamics into creeping horror. SP is as consistent a writer working today.

We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough 291 pages, Hardcover Published May, 2025 by Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar I have reviewed most of Sa...

A ★★★★★ review of Weapons (2025)

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David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 5d

One change could've improved a very good horror movie.

Finally watched it, and yes bummed I didn't see it on the big screen. Excellent horror film. I loved the structure, the performances and the general vibe. It was nearly perfect. I think one minor chan...

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David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 6d

Review up. Yes I have a story in this one, but I reviewed the rest of the book. Excellent job by editors Dennis Crosby and Kristina Grifant. 26 authors with so-cal stories to benefit victims of the LA wildfires. Perfect for the Halloween season!

Book Review: Dread Coast: So-Cal Horror Tales edited by Dennis K. Crosby and KC Grifant (review pending)

Dread Coast: So-Cal Horror Tales edited by Dennis K. Crosby and KC Grifant 366 pages, Paperback Published August 2025 by No Bad Books Press ...

A ★★★★★ review of The Limey (1999)

David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 7d

Always try and re-watch a favorite or classic for the first movie in a new place. One of the reasons 99 was great year for movies.

A super great movie from the late 90s. One of the movies that makes 99 a great year for film. Soderberg does really neat things with voiceover and montage to shorten the story and keep things moving. ...

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David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 7d

One of the best Genre books of the year.

David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 7d

Book Review up for NYT bestselling author Ken Liu's new SF techno-thriller All That We See or Seem. A mystery set in near future dominated by AI, with tons of Dickian themes. Ken is appearing on the PKD hangout on October 21st. So pre-order now, and you have a week from release to read it.

Book Review: All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu

All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu 416 pages, Hardcover Expected publication: October 14, 2025 by S&S/Saga Press “One from the pitle...

REVIEW (9/27/2025): A Near-Future Los Angeles Meets Philip K. Dick’s Five-Page Novel Writing Formula

David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 7d

"Agranoff’s purpose here is more than homage, and his experiment with Dick’s novel formula provides a book-length source for insight and comparison with Dick’s oeuvre as well as helping readers evaluate for themselves the legitimacy of Dick’s own claim about his novel writing formula...”

David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks to Bill Richards for this thoughtful review of my novel Great America in Dead World.

Philip K. Dick, David Agranoff, novel writing, Great America in Dead World

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Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 10d

Funny PKD envisioned the same thing in the 50s novel The Man Who Japed. He should read it.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

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David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 10d

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David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 10d

We will be reading and discussing PKD's Cold War classic "Foster You're Dead." you can read it here:

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David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 10d

PKD hang Tuesday 6 PM PST
9/30: @joachimboaz.bsky.social on "Foster You're Dead" - Joachim is the writer, commentator, and critic behind the long-running Science Fiction Ruminations Blog. Often writing about the connection between labor and classic Science Fiction.

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David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 10d

We are having a online discussion about that story Tuesday night

Interview #36 - Cody Goodfellow - New Tomorrow - with Anthony Trevino

David Agranoff @davidagranoff.bsky.social · 15d

Cody Goodfellow and Anthony Trevino Both return to the Dickheads Podcast to talk in depth about Cody's new Science Fiction epic New Tomorrow!

Hello DickHeads. The Hangout interview with Cody Goodfellow somehow didn't get recorded. To make up for it, David decided to rope in our old friend and former co-host, Anthony Trevino, to do a more tr

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