Feb. 19, 2026 "Real History with Melissa" (Podcast): Nick Heys: A Scanner Darkly

About this episode

Nick Heys joins Melissa to discuss the film adaptation of A Scanner Darkly and its comparison to the novel, alongside themes of drug crisis and mental illness.

--{"Nick Heys: A Scanner Darkly"}-- How does the film A Scanner Darkly measure up to the novel? Why was Melissa reluctant to read the novel? - Drug crisis in America and across the world. - Phillip K. Dick's mental illness, a posthumous possible diagnosis. - What does VALIS stand for? - Next: Nick and Melissa will read Inverted World by Christopher Priest. - Should the next novel by Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age or Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge?

People in this episode

Host: Melissa

Guest: Nick Heys

Topics covered

• film adaptation
• drug crisis
• mental illness
• literature discussion
• science fiction

Keywords

• A Scanner Darkly
• Nick Heys
• Melissa
• drug crisis
• Phillip K. Dick
• Inverted World
• The Diamond Age
• Rainbow's End

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Scanner Darkly, Inverted World, The Diamond Age, Rainbow's End

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