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'''Philip K. Dick'''
File:Phoenix 1.jpg|link=Phoenix 1 (nonfiction)|''[[Phoenix 1 (nonfiction)|Phoenix 1]]'' declares "Out with the old — here I go!"
 
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[[File:Never Cover Bohemian Rhapsody.jpg|thumb|All right children, what did we learn from the Twentieth Century?<br><br>"[[Never cover Bohemian Rhapsody]]."<br><br>That's right.  Never cover Bohemian Rhapsody.]]
All right children, what did we learn from the Twentieth Century?"Never cover Bohemian Rhapsody."That's right. [[Never cover Bohemian Rhapsody]].
 
[[File:Wodka Disney on Ice.jpg|thumb|Wodka Disney on Ice.]]'''Wodka Disney on Ice''' is a satirical re-imagining of Disney on Ice.
 
File:Autobiography of a Wogdon & Barton Flintlock Smoothbore Dueling Pistol.jpg|link=Autobiography of a Wogdon & Barton Flintlock Smoothbore Dueling Pistol|''[[Autobiography of a Wogdon & Barton Flintlock Smoothbore Dueling Pistol]]''.  [From the "[[What book did we least expect for Christmas?]]" list.]
 
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File:Martian Pink-Slip 2.jpg|link=Martian Pink-Slip|'''''[[Martian Pink-Slip]]''''' is a 1964 book on interplanetary labor history by American sociologist Philip K. Dick 1.1.


File:Tardigrades Sing For Enya.jpg|link=Tardigrades Sing For Enya|[[Tardigrades Sing For Enya]]: an album of the music of Enya performed by tardigrades.
File:UBIK-VALIS.jpg|link=Society for the Advancement of VALIS|''UBIK-VALIS'', a rare mutant hybrid of ''UBIK'' and ''VALIS'' by Philip K. Dick.  (Courtesy '''[[Society for the Advancement of VALIS]]'''.)


File:My_God,_it's_full_of_pants.jpg|link=My God, it's full of pants|[[My God, it's full of pants]].
File:Society_for_the_Advancement_of_VALIS.jpg|link=Society for the Advancement of VALIS|The '''[[Society for the Advancement of VALIS]]''' ('''SAV''') is a provisionally licensed transdimensional corporation which promotes and advances the interests of VALIS (Vast Active Living Intelligence System), representing author and alleged time-traveler Philip K. Dick's gnostic vision of God.


File:CDC_headquarters_at_Druid_Hills.jpg|link=Druid Hills (nonfiction)|The CDC's Director of Public Relations insists that the annexation by Atlanta in 2018 "had nothing to do with [[Druid Hills (nonfiction)|giant wicker men filled with sacrificial victims awaiting their prolonged and agonizing death by unholy conflagration]]." A subsequent analysis of CDC's medical waste stream will confirm the Director's statements.
File:How Uncanny Was My Valley.jpg|link=How Uncanny Was My Valley|'''''[[How Uncanny Was My Valley]]''''' is a 1941 film about the Morgans, a hard-working Welsh mining family on Mars, from the point of view of the youngest child [[Philip K. Dick (nonfiction)|Pkd]], who lives with his affectionate and kind parents, and his five brothers, in the Valles Marineris during the early modern era. The story chronicles life in the Martian colonies, the widening gaps between the "Cannies" (human colonists) and the "Uncannies" (android-Martian hybrids), and its effects on the family.


File:Bioautography of a Chlorophyll Molecule.jpg|link=Bioautography of a Chlorophyll Molecule|''[[Bioautography of a Chlorophyll Molecule]]'' by Anonymous. (See "[[What book did we least expect for Christmas?]]".)
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File:Cretaceous Office Supplies 2.png|link=Cretaceous Office Supplies|Children around the world receive gift certificates from [[Cretaceous Office Supplies]] thanks to [[Phanerozoics Anonymous]], an unlicensed but charitable and widely respected [[transdimensional corporation]].
 
File:Dear Diary (Death Star edition).jpg|link=Dear Diary (Death Star edition)|"[[Dear Diary (Death Star edition)|Dear Diary, So glad I stole the Death Star]] and repurposed it as a self-sustaining eldercare retirement facility near a temperate planet with about ninety-percent Earth gravity.  Life is good."
 
File:Reindeer Games (Jeopardy).jpg|link=Reindeer games|[[Reindeer games|What are those which all of the other reindeer wouldn't let poor Rudolph join in any of?]].
 
File:Color Tools.jpg|link=Color Tools|"[[Color Tools]]" declared Photograph of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].
 
File:Welcome to the Squadron.jpg|link=Welcome to the Squadron|Public relations officer Karl Jones calls the [[Flying Diner]] his "favorite short-order chow anywhere on or above the surface of this planet."
 
File:Santa Santa Claus video BG.jpg|"[[Santa Santa Claus (nonfiction)|Santa Santa Claus]]" by [[Howard Ashby Kranz (nonfiction)|Howard Ashby Kranz]].
 
File:City on the Edge of Flower Power.jpg|link=City on the Edge of Flower Power|Publicity still for ''[[City on the Edge of Flower Power]]'', one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of Star Trek.
 
File:Andromeda Galaxy robbery.jpg|link=Andromeda Galaxy robbery|The '''[[Andromeda Galaxy robbery]]''' (also known as the '''Great Andromeda Galaxy robbery''') was a coordinated attack upon the Andromeda Galaxy.  The robbery was committed by parties as yet unidentified (December 2020) using hijacked laser guide stars.


File:Traveller.jpg|link=Traveller (nonfiction)|Signed first edition of ''[[Traveller (nonfiction)|Traveller]]'' used in otherwise routine [[high-energy literature]] experiment unexpectedly develops [[Artificial intelligence (nonfiction)|artificial intelligence]].
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File:Frondo_Ediacar_and_his_Mighty_Mighty_Rangeomorphs.jpg|link=Frondo Ediacar|[[Frondo Ediacar]] is the stage name of paleontologist and musician [REDACTED]. Ediacar is known for his elaborate stage productions, including hermetically sealed performance spaces which replicate environmental conditions of the pre-Cambrian era.
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File:Spiral Rings 2.jpg|link=Spiral Rings 2 (nonfiction)|''[[Spiral Rings 2 (nonfiction)|Spiral Rings 2]]'' declared Picture of the Day by the mayor of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]] on behalf of the city and province of New Minneapolis, and in celebration of the Winter Solstice.
 
File:Diagramaceous soil bingo algorithm harvest.jpg|link=Diagramaceous soil|[[Diagramaceous soil]] yields new source of [[Algorithm (nonfiction)|Pepsi algorithm]], useful as starter fluid in biochemical scrying engines.
 
File:A_Field_Guide_to_Edible_Theropods.jpg|link=A Field Guide to Edible Theropods|''[[A Field Guide to Edible Theropods]]'' is a book about preparing, cooking, serving, and eating various theropods.
 
File:Unexpected Moscow Visitor.jpg|link=Unexpected Moscow Visitor|''[[Unexpected Moscow Visitor]]'' unexpectedly visits Moscow.
 
File:Blue Flower.jpg|link=Blue Flower (nonfiction)|''[[Blue Flower (nonfiction)|Blue Flower]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].
 
File:2001_A_Species_Odyssey_infographic.jpg|link=2001: A Species Odyssey|''[[2001: A Species Odyssey]]''  is a short documentary film about the ethical dilemma faced by two astronauts (Frank Bowman and David Poole) when they discover an alien-human hybrid child stowed away on their spaceship.
 
File:Juke_Hal_-_some_very_poor_playlists.jpg|link=HAL 9000 (nonfiction)|"I know I've made some very poor playlists recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal." — "Jukebox" [[HAL 9000 (nonfiction)|HAL 9000]]
 
File:Straight Outta Pleistocene.jpg|link=Straight Outta Pleistocene (song)|"[[Straight Outta Pleistocene (song)|Straight Outta Pleistocene]]" is a song by American hip hop plant bioscience group Phytologists With Attitude.
 
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