Philip K. Dick
author profile
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 4.02 — 9,039 ratings — published 1968 47 editions |
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The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick avg rating 3.87 — 3,942 ratings — published 1962 51 editions |
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A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick avg rating 4.05 — 3,326 ratings — published 1977 23 editions |
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VALIS by Philip K. Dick avg rating 4.03 — 2,201 ratings — published 1981 22 editions |
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Ubik by Philip K. Dick avg rating 4.05 — 1,923 ratings — published 1969 27 editions |
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Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick avg rating 3.97 — 1,650 ratings — published 1974 21 editions |
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick avg rating 3.95 — 1,529 ratings — published 1965 26 editions |
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The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick avg rating 3.81 — 954 ratings — published 1982 10 editions |
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The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick avg rating 3.72 — 947 ratings — published 1981 12 editions |
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The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4: The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick avg rating 4.06 — 859 ratings — published 1990 4 editions |
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"It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane."
— Philip K. Dick
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— Philip K. Dick
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. "
— 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
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