Weeks 7 and 8
Science fiction - PKD

1) What is the difference in emphasis between the terms science fiction and speculative fiction? Which is The Man in the High Castle?

2) According to Mountfort (2006), what role does the I Ching have as an organisational device in the structure of Man in the High Castle? How does the use of this device illuminate the character of the novel’s protagonists?

3What does Brown (2001) identify as the central themes and concerns of the novel? What elements conform to the wider generic features of science fiction? 

4) What does Dick(1995) himself theorise about the I Ching?

5) A Scanner Darkly is not really Science Fiction but a thinly disguised autobiography.
    A Scanner Darkly is true Science Fiction in that it takes a trend in society, in this case surveillance, and takes it to its logical extreme.
Comment on these two different views with reference to the film and/or the novel and what you can discover about the author's life.