Philip K. Dick
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born
December 16, 1928
died
March 02, 1982
gender
male
place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, The United States
genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction
about this author
Philip K. Dick was born in Chicago in 1928 and lived most of his life in California. He briefly attended the University of California, but dropped out before completing any classes. In 1952, he began writing professionally and proceeded to write numerous novels and short-story collections. He won the Hugo Award for the best novel in 1962 for The Man in the High Castle and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year in 1974 for Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Philip K. Dick died on March 2, 1982, in Santa Ana, California, of heart failure following a stroke.
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick avg rating 4.01 — 10,774 ratings — published 1968 52 editions |
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The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick avg rating 3.86 — 4,612 ratings — published 1962 52 editions |
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A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick avg rating 4.03 — 3,903 ratings — published 1977 26 editions |
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VALIS by Philip K. Dick avg rating 4.02 — 2,495 ratings — published 1981 21 editions |
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Ubik by Philip K. Dick avg rating 4.05 — 2,269 ratings — published 1969 29 editions |
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Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick avg rating 3.96 — 1,890 ratings — published 1974 23 editions |
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick avg rating 3.95 — 1,770 ratings — published 1965 29 editions |
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The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick avg rating 3.81 — 1,059 ratings — published 1982 12 editions |
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The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick avg rating 3.73 — 1,065 ratings — published 1981 13 editions |
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The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4: The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick avg rating 4.06 — 969 ratings — published 1987 4 editions |
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"It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane."
— Philip K. Dick
— Philip K. Dick
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. "
— Philip K. Dick
— Philip K. Dick
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"The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give."
— Philip K. Dick
— Philip K. Dick
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