In keeping with our theme for October, we bring you “The Defenders” by Philip K. Dick. Dick's stories typically focus on the fragile nature of what is real and the construction of personal identity. His stories often become surreal fantasies, as the main characters slowly discover that their everyday world is actually an illusion assembled by powerful external entities, political conspiracies or the vicissitudes of an unreliable narrator. "All of his work starts with the basic assumption that there cannot be one, single, objective reality", writes science fiction author Charles Platt. "Everything is a matter of perception.” And Steven Owen Godersky states, “Dick's third major theme is his fascination with war and his fear and hatred of it. One hardly sees critical mention of it, yet it is as integral to his body of work as oxygen is to water.”
Ferber wrote short stories, plays and novels which were adapting into sizzling, popular movies. “Giant” was adapted as a blockbuster Hollywood movie in 1956...
In the spirit of the day, we read to you “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe. Enjoy!
This week we bring you the next 3 stories from “Winesburg, Ohio” – Godliness Part IV, A Man of Ideas, and Adventure. We continue...