This article by William Sarill, published in EdgeScience magazine issue 20 (December 2014), investigates apparent instances of precognition in the fiction of Philip K. Dick. EdgeScience is a quarterly publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration, an organization dedicated to studying anomalous phenomena through rigorous scientific methodology.
Sarill's article examines specific cases where Dick's fiction appeared to anticipate real scientific developments that were not publicly known at the time of writing. This line of inquiry connects to a broader tradition of examining Dick's apparent prescience, which Dick himself discussed extensively in his Exegesis and public speeches.
The article appears alongside other features in the issue, including Marshall Payn's "Is Time the Soul of the World?" and Karl Shuker's "On the Trail of Mediterranean Mystery Snakes." The magazine's editorial mission emphasizes that anomalies should be actively pursued as clues to potential breakthroughs rather than swept under the rug.
This piece is notable for situating Dick's work within the context of parapsychological research, a perspective that takes seriously Dick's own claims about the prophetic nature of his fiction. It represents a strand of Dick scholarship that engages with the metaphysical dimensions of his work as potentially more than mere literary invention.