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- Title
The Ontological Task of the Hero in Philip K. Dick's The Cosmic Puppets.
- Authors
Sims, Christopher
- Abstract
This essay examines Philip K. Dick's often ignored and very early novel, The Cosmic Puppets. By studying the text's representation of the human relationship to technology, I argue that much is revealed about Dick's attitude toward technology, ontology, and the place of the individual in the emerging world of technoscience. Because Puppets is a fantasy novel, Dick is free to establish his moral and ideological stance on technology, humanity, and the gods in a way that his later and more fully explicated sf cannot. Technology and Ontology are central themes for Dick, and his engagement with these themes in a fantastic moral myth allows his message to move into the foreground. Understanding Puppets and its hero, Ted Barton, is a vital first step in understanding how Dick felt we should use technology, perceive reality, and ontologically fight for truth.
- Subjects
DICK, Philip K., 1928-1982; COSMIC Puppets, The (Book); INTERPERSONAL relations; ZOROASTRIANISM; TECHNOLOGY &; society
- Publication
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 2018, Vol 29, Issue 1, p41
- ISSN
0897-0521
- Publication type
Article