Philip K. Dick

Born

in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

December 16, 1928

Died

March 02, 1982

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

Influences

Wells, Fyodor Dostoevsky, A.E. van Vogt, Borges, Carl Jung, Franz Kafk ...more

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Philip K. Dick was born in Chicago in 1928 and lived most of his life in California. 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 spent most of his career as a writer in near-poverty, ten of his stories have been adapted into ...more

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Philip K. Dick’s books

Average rating: 3.92 · 1,069,622 ratings · 56,143 reviews · 1,115 distinct works • Similar authors

	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.08 avg rating — 340,691 ratings — published 1968 — 311 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man in the High Castle 3.61 avg rating — 170,777 ratings — published 1962 — 242 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Scanner Darkly 4.02 avg rating — 86,781 ratings — published 1977 — 120 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ubik by Philip K. Dick, David Alabort (Translator), Manuel Espín (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 84,000 ratings — published 1969 — 199 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said 3.91 avg rating — 33,540 ratings — published 1974 — 109 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 4.01 avg rating — 30,535 ratings — published 1965 — 128 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	VALIS (VALIS Trilogy, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 23,990 ratings — published 1981 — 91 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Minority Report 3.84 avg rating — 17,631 ratings — published 1956 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Martian Time-Slip 3.77 avg rating — 10,634 ratings — published 1964 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4: The Minority Report 4.19 avg rating — 8,620 ratings — published 1987 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Philip K. Dick

VALIS Trilogy (3 books)
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3.90 avg rating — 38,771 ratings

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (6 books)
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Tony Parker (Illustrator)

4.07 avg rating — 4,349 ratings

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (23 books)
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4.13 avg rating — 319 ratings

Philip K. Dick's Electric Ant (5 books)
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David W. Mack (Scriptwriter),

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4.02 avg rating — 135 ratings

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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Polls

First and Final Round for SCIENCE FICTION BOTM for July 2017

Lock In by John Scalzi

28 votes, 46.7%

VALIS by Philip K. Dick

17 votes, 28.3%

Mockingbird by Walter Tevis

15 votes, 25.0%

60 total votes

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