How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later is Philip K. Dick's landmark 1978 lecture — delivered against the surreal backdrop of Disneyland — on the fragile nature of reality, the seductive power of fiction, and what it means to remain human in a world of simulations.
About This Book
Delivered in 1978, this lecture finds Philip K. Dick at his most lucid and most unnerving. Speaking from the unlikely setting of Disneyland, Dick dismantles the boundary between the fabricated and the real, asking not just what reality is, but whether we would recognise it if we encountered it. His concern is urgently contemporary: in an increasingly mediated world, how do we locate authentic human experience? Published by Isolarii in a compact, considered edition, this is essential reading for anyone invested in the philosophy of perception, constructed environments, and the politics of the artificial.
Key Features
- 120 pages of Dick's original lecture text exploring reality, fiction, and mediated experience
- Published by Isolarii, ISBN 9798987123126
What You'll Discover
- Dick's argument that fiction is not escapism but a laboratory for testing the coherence of reality itself
- A philosophical interrogation of Disneyland as a paradigm for the constructed, artificial environment
- The relationship between authentic human experience and the systems — political, commercial, technological — designed to mediate it
- Why the question "what is real?" is not a metaphysical abstraction but a pressing ethical and perceptual problem
About the Author
Philip K. Dick (1928–1982) was one of the twentieth century's most consequential science fiction writers, whose work probed the nature of reality, identity, and consciousness with philosophical rigour and dark imagination. His novels and stories — including Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and The Man in the High Castle — continue to shape architecture, film, and critical theory.
Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 120
- Dimensions: 7 x 10.8 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9798987123126
- Publisher: Isolarii
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects, designers, and theorists interested in constructed environments, simulated reality, and the philosophy of perception; readers of Baudrillard, Virilio, or Venturi who want their theory delivered with narrative force.