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
How many pulp-era science fiction writers got better over the course of their careers? Edmond Hamilton certainly did, and the Starwolf trilogy is proof--it's classic space opera with greater depth and more surprises than you might expect!
Space Pirates and Action-Packed Pulp: Starwolf by Edmond Hamilton - Reactor
A thrilling space opera trilogy that offers fun twists on old clichés...
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German action movie. Maybe graded on a curve because I am a sucker for a woman breaking 8 dudes in a row. letterboxd.com/count_agrano...
A ★★★★ review of Exterritorial (2025)
German action movie, that was fairly entertaining. The story of a woman who is a German (?) special forces soldier who had child with an American soldier who died in a raid in Afghanistan. We she brin...
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Found this office satire for free on Tubi. In Philip K Dick studies we call this reality bender a Finite Subjective Reality. We laughed a bunch but it is a slow burn. (Note this was pre-severance)
A ★★★★ review of Corner Office (2022)
In Philip K. Dick studies, we call this kinda of what is reality story a Finite Subjective Reality. Many will suspect this movie which can be found on TUBI, as a derivative of Severance, but it pre-da...
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On September 15, 2026, we’ll be launching our first Kickstarter campaign in more than a decade, to fund Year 17 of Lightspeed and Year 15 of Nightmare. Join us for a year of new short fiction from som...
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Catch a pink beam of science fiction. Pink Beam press is in the new Locus.
New Imprint: Pink Beam Press
Keith Giles, co-owner of independent publisher Quoir, has announced the launch of new SF imprint Pink Beam Press, which will publish “visionary, provocative, and genre-defying speculative fic…
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4 goodie bags left. If you are going to PKD Fest and want pick up a bag with $100 dollars with of books for a $20 donation Act now.
Special Donation Ticket for the 2026 PKD Festival
Make a special donation to the 2026 PKD Fest and receive a full access ticket and a bag of publisher donated books at the fest.
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One of the best-attended PKD hangouts with @kyliu99.bsky.social talking about his amazing novel All That We See or Seem, Do Androids Dream, Mercerism, and his first SF journey starting with PKD. We are on break from interviews on the hangouts. but starting in September join us for live SF/PKD talks
Zoom Hangout Interview #23 - Author Ken Liu on All That We See or Seem
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All seven of the first Pink Beam Press novella authors joined The Speculative Reader for a roundtable. Lots of books you'll want to read are discussed here.
This Month in SF - Pink Beam Press Special (August 2026)
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Hey Global Time-Slippers, and PKD fest attendees (Register now - Deadline to Nominate is August 5th David Agranoff here from the Dickheads podcast, we are helping to organize the 2026 Philip K. Dick Festival. We hope you will join us August 20-23rd in Southern California,
Re-read review of the PKD award-winning novel by @carrievaughnco.bsky.social . I trying to do deeper reads of my favorite SF novels of the 21st century. Mare of Easttown meets The Road. Has a fantastic sequel. Murder mystery set in post-climate-collapse California. Top-notch speculative fiction
Re-read Book Review: Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn
Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn 274 pages, Paperback, published July, 2017 by Harper Voyager Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award As a freque...
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Big updates for Philip K. Dick Fest coming tomorrow. Including how to vote for the awards. TODAY - this Important, you have to pre-order shirts by today. Lots of people didn't pay attention to hotel rate and paper submissions deadlines. Pre-order your shirt today.
PKD Fest 2026 — Brent Houzenga
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We have another PKD hangout. We record these interviews most Tuesdays 6-8 PM PST. On this episode we are joined by author James Chambers to talk about A Scanner Darkly and Cosmic horror. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMmr...
Zoom Hangout Interview #22 - Author James Chambers on the Language of A Scanner Darkly.
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M101 - three galaxies. Taken at San Diego Astronomy Association TDS dark sky site.
Just saw my second favorite Matt Damon movie of the year. I don't have any hot takes, I didn't feel the running time at all. I was completely engaged by movie based on source material I hated reading in school. Bravo Chris Nolan.
A ★★★★★ review of The Odyssey (2026)
I don't have any hot takes. Nolan is the best filmmaker on the planet, the best thing I can say about this movie is it didn't feel three hours long, and I didn't worry about having to pee. There are m...
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Joachim Boaz of SF Ruminations joined us to discuss the PKD Cold War classic Foster, You're Dead.
Zoom Hangout Interview #21 - Joachim Boaz on PKD's short story Foster You're Dead
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Book Review:Most famous for Cape Fear and Travis McGee crime novels - John D. MacDonald wrote this wacky SF novel in 1952. Starts slow but picks up. Included are picture of cool fold out in the book. Good stuff. davidagranoff.blogspot.com/2026/07/book...
Book Review: Ballroom of The Skies by John D. MacDonald
Ballroom of the Skies by John D. Macdonald 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback Published September 1, 1968 by Fawcett Publications, Inc Bei...
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Strange horror collection, this author started writing micro-horror on Substack and threads. There were 3 stories that I thought stood out. Check the Door most of all. Cool to see someone do something different. This was a recommendation from a co-worker.
Book Review: The Place Frafka Nim
The Place Frafka Nim 165 pages, paperback Published December, 2025 It is hard to really break new ground in horror at this point, but this...
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Coming to The Philip K. Dick Festival Aug. 20-23rd? We only have a few good bags left, between $80-100 worth of books and swag with a $20 donation. Last I checked we had 9 left.
Special Donation Ticket for the 2026 PKD Festival
Make a special donation to the 2026 PKD Fest and receive a full access ticket and a bag of publisher donated books at the fest.
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@htranbui.bsky.social I was listening to Popcultured, and it was hilarious because your Fringe experience is almost word for word mine. re-watching from Season 1, & I am on S3, & I agreed with almost everything you said word for word. I am curious you didn't mention Nimoy. I loved him on the show
@aijiang.bsky.social joins the Dickheads Podcast for the last interview I filled at my empty old apartment. Sorry for the echo. We talk about the title story from her short story collection www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV6K...
Zoom Hangout Interview #20 - Ai Jiang - Memories Are only Valuable If they Can be Lost
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Two best pictures I got at the San Diego Astronomy association dark sky site.
@silviapark.bsky.social sorry this took so long. Haha
David Agranoff@davidagranoff.bsky.social · 3w agohe next interview up on the Dickheads Podcast YouTube feed is Silvia Park they are the author of Luminous - my pick for top read of the year last year. We talk near future Korea, robots and of course PKD.
Last I heard, this is up to $90 worth of books (including one of mine). Get your ass to Cali!
David Agranoff@davidagranoff.bsky.social · 3w agoOK, here is the deal we are trying to keep Philip K. Dick Festival free for anyone who wants to go. That said we are a few hundred dollars in the hole. So we are offering $20 special donation tickets that reserve a Goodie bag for when you arrive at the fest. We already have $60 worth a books...
he next interview up on the Dickheads Podcast YouTube feed is Silvia Park they are the author of Luminous - my pick for top read of the year last year. We talk near future Korea, robots and of course PKD.
Zoom Hangout Interview #19 - Silvia Park author of Luminous.
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Book review up for @dharlanwilson.bsky.social 's forthcoming academic epic. One of the most important study of the study of Philip K. Dick including PKD writing about PKD. Infinite Regressions indeed. davidagranoff.blogspot.com/2026/07/book...
Book Review: The Auto/Biographies of Philip K. Dick: Infinite Regressions by D. Harlan Wilson
The Auto/Biographies of Philip K. Dick: Infinite Regressions by D. Harlan Wilson 296 pages, Hardcover Expected publication: September 8, ...
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This really is a thing of beauty. The fact that they played DEAD is great. Not sure when it was recorded but it would have been a perfect for a shout-out to Mitch McConnell.
Napalm Death: Tiny Desk Concert
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Here I am last summer on Dickheads Podcast taking with @davidagranoff.bsky.social about STRANGELOVE COUNTRY and THE AUTO/BIOGRAPHIES OF PHILIP K. DICK. I was on the show last week discussing the PKD book in greater depth. That interview should be available soon. m.youtube.com/watch?v=bnI7...
Zoom Hangout Interview #18 - D. Harlan Wilson - On Kubrick and his book Strangelove Country
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OK, here is the deal we are trying to keep Philip K. Dick Festival free for anyone who wants to go. That said we are a few hundred dollars in the hole. So we are offering $20 special donation tickets that reserve a Goodie bag for when you arrive at the fest. We already have $60 worth a books...
Special Donation Ticket for the 2026 PKD Festival
Make a special donation to the 2026 PKD Fest and receive a full access ticket and a bag of publisher donated books at the fest.
eventbrite.com