Philip K. Dick
Philip Kindred Dick was an American science fiction short story writer and novelist. He wrote 45 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines. His fiction explored varied philosophical and social questions such as the nature of reality, perception, human nature, and identity, and commonly featured characters struggling against alternate realities, illusory environments, monopolistic corporations, drug abuse, authoritarian governments, and altered states of consciousness.
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Background
- Born in
- Chicago
- Educated at
- University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Hugo Award for Best Novel🏆 Tähtivaeltaja Award🏆 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
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Trending topics shown first"You will be required to do wrong no matter where you go. It is the basic condition of life, to be required to violate your own identity. At some time, every creature which lives must do so. It is the …"
"If you are wise, Matson said to himself grimly, you never take one-way trips. Anywhere. Even to Boise, Idaho...even across the street. Be certain, when you start, that you can scramble back."
"Insanity — to have to construct a picture of one's life, by making inquiries of others."
"Too bad, Matson thought archly, that George Hoffman didn’t discover more planets in more star systems habitable by us, the frail needs of living, sentient, mentating biochemical upright bipeds which w…"
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."
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1928
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Birth1982
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