Jason P. Vest is a lecturer in Washington University's Department of English and American Literature. His articles on Blade Runner, The West Wing, Star Trek, Joanna Russ, James Baldwin, and Philip K. Dick have been printed in several publications.

Among the films adapted from novels and stories Philip K. Dick are Blade Runner, Confessions d'un Barjo, Minority Report, and most recently Richard Linklatter's A Scanner Darkly. Vest discusses these interpretations of Dick's sci-fi ruminations on the paths of human nature in an increasingly technological world; more often then not, he points out, those paths lead to paranoia and other dark states of mind. Eight substantial criticisms illustrate how and how well each film expands, extrapolates and departs from Dick's singular vision.

Jason P. Vest is a lecturer in Washington University's Department of English and American Literature. His articles on Blade Runner, The West Wing, Star Trek, Joanna Russ, James Baldwin, and Philip K. Dick have been printed in several publications.

Among the films adapted from novels and stories Philip K. Dick are Blade Runner, Confessions d'un Barjo, Minority Report, and most recently Richard Linklatter's A Scanner Darkly. Vest discusses these interpretations of Dick's sci-fi ruminations on the paths of human nature in an increasingly technological world; more often then not, he points out, those paths lead to paranoia and other dark states of mind. Eight substantial criticisms illustrate how and how well each film expands, extrapolates and departs from Dick's singular vision.

Jason P. Vest is a lecturer in Washington University's Department of English and American Literature. His articles on Blade Runner, The West Wing, Star Trek, Joanna Russ, James Baldwin, and Philip K. Dick have been printed in several publications.

Among the films adapted from novels and stories Philip K. Dick are Blade Runner, Confessions d'un Barjo, Minority Report, and most recently Richard Linklatter's A Scanner Darkly. Vest discusses these interpretations of Dick's sci-fi ruminations on the paths of human nature in an increasingly technological world; more often then not, he points out, those paths lead to paranoia and other dark states of mind. Eight substantial criticisms illustrate how and how well each film expands, extrapolates and departs from Dick's singular vision.