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Philip K. Dick

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born
in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
December 16, 1928

died
March 02, 1982

gender
male

website

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.

In addition to 44 published novels, Dick wrote approximately 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime.Although Dick...more


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Philip K. Dick's Books

Average rating: 3.94 · 309,121 ratings · 14,271 reviews · 571 distinct works · Similar authors
Do Androids Dream of Electr...
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 97,579 ratings — published 1968 — 122 editions
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A Scanner Darkly
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 28,998 ratings — published 1977 — 60 editions
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The Man in the High Castle
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 28,698 ratings — published 1962 — 101 editions
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Ubik
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 21,252 ratings — published 1969 — 87 editions
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Flow My Tears, the Policema...
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 11,114 ratings — published 1974 — 54 editions
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The Three Stigmata of Palme...
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 10,593 ratings — published 1965 — 63 editions
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VALIS
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 9,611 ratings — published 1981 — 50 editions
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The Minority Report
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 5,055 ratings — published 1956 — 19 editions
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The Collected Stories of Ph...
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 4,604 ratings — published 1955 — 14 editions
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Quotes by Philip K. Dick

“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS
tags: insanity, madness, qotd, reality
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“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
― Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
tags: belief, real-life, reality
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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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