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Atlantis by Frank Frazetta
We’re reading Plato’s Timeaus and Critias next in our philosophical book club!
If you’re new to the Parker’s Ponderings Book Club, welcome! This is a club where we read philosophical fiction and non-fiction book...
Don't Vote for an AI President! | PKD's Vulcan's Hammer
A Philosophical Companion to Philip K. Dick's Vulcan's Hammer
We’re continuing on with the 2026 Parker’s Ponderings Philosophical Book Club!! Our current book is Vulcan’s Hammer by Philip K. Dick. You can grab the book HERE to support my w...
Better to Befriend a Philosopher Than A Wizard
Saruman and the Palantir by the Brothers Hildebrandt
Philosophers are meant to be lovers of wisdom—at least that’s what the etymology of the word suggests: philo or philein = love + sophia = wisdom = love of wisdom. A philosophos or philo...
2026 Philosophical Book Club Update!
This original piece by Kelly Freas is so wonderful. It captures my thoughts on AI. It also looks like RDJ playing Kirk Lazarus. Freas made this for the cover of Future Science Fiction magazine #29 in 1956
Welcome to all the new book club m...
I'm Running a Spring Paid Subscriber Sale - 15% Off Subscriptions
My wife and I are expecting our second daughter near the end of June. We are stoked. This does utterly skew our family, however. We are now officially a girl family; I am a girl dad two times over. Lots more unicorns on the way, though I’m...
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Philosophy PhD student. I help you think deeply. I write philosophy and theology essays, tutorials on the life of the mind, and philosophical science fiction and fantasy short stories. Find me on YouTube: ParkNotes & Parker's Pensées.
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