What the heck is the deal with Hollywood/media making so many PKD stories? Is it that so many of them have been hits or what? Hollywood reads more Phil K Dick above all others? I mean it’s pretty darn rare that someone who I know to be reasonably versed in sci-fi authors picks Dick as their absolute fav.
Freegards
Good questions and observations.
Dick has provided the stories and plots and premises for so many Hollywood movies of late.
I think that Dick transcends science fiction, that’s one reason he is not a favorite of Science Fiction fans.
Part of it is that so many have been hits and Hollywood loves going to the well of previous hits. Part of it is that Blade Runner was so influential to the industry, while regular people didn’t like it the kind of person that went on to write stories and make movies LOVED it, and through it PKD. Part of it is that his kids have realized that selling the rights to his stories not only earns them money, it keeps their dad’s stuff in print (really his stuff is much easier to find now than when he was alive) which preserves his legacy and earns them money, so they say yes a lot.