Do Bicycles Dream of Electric Degrease?: A Ride to Philip K Dick’s Grave

Hey everyone,

So, as you may have gathered from my recent blog post, I canceled my trip to Wyoming in late August due to increased smoke levels throughout both Colorado and Wyoming as a result of gigantic fires. Instead of going to Wyoming, I have decided to do a ride that is a little more personal.

Philip K Dick was a science fiction writer whose influence on popular culture and science fiction is seen throughout the landscape of television and film today. From The Man in the High Castle imagining an alternate United States where the Axis won World War II, to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? analyzing the blurring between human and machine, Dick has captured the imaginations of generations of nerds from across the world. On a personal level, my first exposure to his work was through the film adaptation of A Scanner Darkly, an examination of consciousness and mass surveillance in an America that has lost the Drug War.

So, when I found out Philip K Dick and his fraternal sister (who passed as an infant) were buried here in Colorado, I figured that I would pay tribute to the author in the best way possible: to visit his grave.

In my next blog, I will detail my route to the cemetery that they are buried in in Fort Morgan and the stops along the way. Rest assured, however, it will be an adventure getting there.