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Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)

Author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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About the Author

Phillip Kindred Dick was an American science fiction writer best known for his psychological portrayals of characters trapped in illusory environments. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 16, 1928, Dick worked in radio and studied briefly at the University of California at Berkeley before show more embarking on his writing career. His first novel, Solar Lottery, was published in 1955. In 1963, Dick won the Hugo Award for his novel, The Man in the High Castle. He also wrote a series of futuristic tales about artificial creatures on the loose; notable of these was Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which was later adapted into film as Blade Runner. Dick also published several collections of short stories. He died of a stroke in Santa Ana, California, in 1982. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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The collected short stories have been published with many different titles, so, when combining, please take care to combine the correct volumes.

Image credit: Philip K. Dick (photo by Nicole Panter ©2007)

Series

Works by Philip K. Dick

The Man in the High Castle (1962) 13,728 copies
Ubik (1966) 7,583 copies
A Scanner Darkly (1977) 7,537 copies
Valis (1978) 4,477 copies
Martian Time-Slip (1962) 2,508 copies
Time Out of Joint (1959) 2,294 copies
The Divine Invasion (1980) 2,125 copies
Dr. Bloodmoney (1963) 2,022 copies
The Penultimate Truth (1964) 1,888 copies
A Maze of Death (1970) 1,789 copies
Radio Free Albemuth (1976) 1,659 copies
Now Wait for Last Year (1966) 1,611 copies
Eye in the Sky (1957) 1,508 copies
The Simulacra (1963) 1,437 copies
Clans of the Alphane moon (1964) 1,426 copies
Deus Irae (1975) — Author — 1,352 copies
We Can Build You (1962) 1,341 copies
Galactic Pot-Healer (1969) 1,328 copies
Solar Lottery (1955) 1,319 copies
Counter-Clock World (1967) 1,259 copies
Confessions of a Crap Artist (1975) 1,242 copies
The Game-Players of Titan (1963) 1,210 copies
The World Jones Made (1956) 1,113 copies
Our Friends from Frolix 8 (1970) 1,074 copies
The Zap Gun (1965) 1,069 copies
The Philip K. Dick Reader (1997) 907 copies
The Crack in Space (1966) 900 copies
Lies, Inc. (1964) 785 copies
The Man Who Japed (1955) 756 copies
The Cosmic Puppets (1953) 710 copies
Second Variety (1952) 644 copies
Vulcan's Hammer (1960) 610 copies
Dr. Futurity (1960) 589 copies
Minority Report (1953) 588 copies
The Eye of the Sibyl (1963) 570 copies
The Ganymede Takeover (1966) 461 copies
Voices from the Street (1952) 457 copies
The Unteleported Man (1964) 413 copies
VALIS and Later Novels (1970) 408 copies
The Golden Man (1980) 365 copies
The Valis Trilogy (1978) 360 copies
Humpty Dumpty in Oakland (1960) 356 copies
In Milton Lumky Territory (1958) 355 copies
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (1985) 324 copies
The Variable Man (1957) 285 copies
Mary and the Giant (1953) 279 copies
Paycheck (1953) 277 copies
The Best of Philip K. Dick (1977) 265 copies
The Broken Bubble (1956) 214 copies
A Handful of Darkness (1955) 154 copies
The Skull (1952) 148 copies
Nick and the Glimmung (1966) 126 copies
Three Early Novels (2000) 123 copies
Gather Yourselves Together (1949) 121 copies
The Crystal Crypt (1954) 118 copies
The Book of Philip K. Dick (1972) 110 copies
The Defenders (1953) 106 copies
Beyond the Door (1954) 103 copies
Mr. Spaceship (1952) 102 copies
Der unmögliche Planet. (2002) 92 copies
The Dark Haired Girl (1972) 85 copies
The Gun (2010) 80 copies
Ubik: The Screenplay (1974) 68 copies
The King of the Elves (2010) 61 copies
The Impossible Planet (1953) 60 copies
Slavers of Space / Dr. Futurity (1960) — Author — 56 copies
Piper in the Woods (1953) 55 copies
The Hanging Stranger (2012) 52 copies
Minority Report (2002) 44 copies
Vintage PKD (2006) 43 copies
The Man Who Japed / The Space-Born (1956) — Author — 37 copies
Solar Lottery / The Big Jump (Ace Double D-103) (1955) — Author — 37 copies
Souvenir (1989) 37 copies
The World Jones Made / Agent of the Unknown (1956) — Author — 36 copies
The Variable Man (1953) 35 copies
Realidades Adaptadas (2021) 29 copies
Impostor (1953) 29 copies
Le voyage gelé (1990) 25 copies
Substance rêve (1993) 24 copies
Beyond Lies the Wub (1952) 24 copies
Dédales sans fin (1993) 23 copies
Tutti i racconti 1955-1963 (2009) 23 copies
Blade Runner: Vol. 1, No. 2 (1982) 23 copies
La porte obscure (1994) 22 copies
Valis, The Divine Invasion (1982) 20 copies
Omnibus veertien verhalen (1977) 20 copies
11 Science Fiction Stories (2010) 18 copies
Ce que disent les morts (2006) 17 copies
Le crâne (1993) 17 copies
Eine Handvoll Dunkelheit. (1981) 16 copies
Tutti i racconti 1964-1981 (1705) 16 copies
Tony and the Beetles (2012) 15 copies
Tutti i racconti 1947-1953 (2012) 15 copies
The Complete Short Stories (2021) 15 copies
Tutti i racconti 1954 (2008) 14 copies
Short Fiction (2019) 13 copies
Zur Zeit der Perky Pat (1994) 13 copies
The Last of the Masters (1954) 12 copies
Autofab (1993) 12 copies
Small Town (1954) 12 copies
Tiempo desarticulado (2013) 12 copies
Roog (1953) 11 copies
Kolonie (1999) 11 copies
Foster, du bist tot (2001) 11 copies
Variante zwei (1995) 10 copies
Exhibit Piece (1954) 10 copies
The Commuter (1953) 9 copies
Un auteur éminent (1989) 9 copies
Nouvelles, 1952-1953 (1996) 9 copies
Of Withered Apples (1954) 9 copies
Und jenseits, das Wobb (1998) 9 copies
Collected Dick 1 (2023) 8 copies
Sales Pitch (1954) 8 copies
Visioni dal futuro (2004) 8 copies
Der Fall Rautavaara (2000) 8 copies
Captive Market (1955) 8 copies
Le grand O (2000) 8 copies
The Turning Wheel (1954) 7 copies
Expendable (1953) 7 copies
Nouvelles, 1947-1952 (1994) 7 copies
The Exit Door Leads In (1979) 7 copies
Filmatiserede noveller (2004) 7 copies
Menschlich ist ... (1996) 7 copies
The Indefatigable Frog (1953) 6 copies
The Cookie Lady (1953) 6 copies
Cosmogony and Cosmology (1987) 6 copies
War Game (1959) 6 copies
Autofac [Short story] (1955) 6 copies
Shell Game (1954) 6 copies
Nouvelles, 1953-1963 (1997) 5 copies
Nouvelles, 1963-1981 (1998) 5 copies
Progeny (1954) 5 copies
Már megint a felfedezők (2007) 5 copies
Romans 1960-1963 (2012) 5 copies
Colony [short story] (1953) 5 copies
Satan's Pets 5 copies
Les Dédales démesurés (1988) 5 copies
2 (1995) 4 copies
Philip K. Dick Anthology (2014) 4 copies
Sonhos Elétricos (2018) 4 copies
Question de méthode (2013) 4 copies
Not By Its Cover (1968) 4 copies
Nanny (1955) 4 copies
Strange Eden 4 copies
Meddler [short story] (1954) 4 copies
The War with the Fnools (1968) 4 copies
A Philip K. Dick omnibus (1970) 4 copies
Paycheck [short story] (2004) 4 copies
The Crawlers (1954) 4 copies
Pay for the Printer (1956) 4 copies
War Veteran (1955) 4 copies
The Hood Maker 4 copies
Novelty Act 4 copies
Retreat Syndrome (1964) 4 copies
Strange Memories Of Death (1985) 4 copies
Prominent Author (1954) 4 copies
Planet For Transients (1953) 4 copies
A Game Of Unchance (1964) 4 copies
Holy Quarrel (1966) 4 copies
Fair Game 3 copies
A Present For Pat (1954) 3 copies
Breakfast At Twilight (1954) 3 copies
Pagamento, O (2004) 3 copies
The Pre-persons (1974) 3 copies
Explorers We (1959) 3 copies
Collected Dick 2 (2023) 3 copies
Emlékmás (2016) 3 copies
En la tierra sombria (1969) 3 copies
Precious Artifact (1964) 3 copies
Stability 3 copies
The Builder [short story] (1953) 3 copies
Collected Dick 4 (2023) 3 copies
Collected Dick 3 (2023) 3 copies
Science Fiction Special 7 (1973) — Author — 3 copies
L'UOMO NELL'ALTO CASTELLO (2022) 3 copies
Arnaque et Cie (2022) 3 copies
Waterspider 2 copies
The Infinites 2 copies
Project: Earth 2 copies
The Man in the High Castle: Season 1 — Author — 2 copies
Martians Come In Clouds (1952) 2 copies
James P. Crow 2 copies
Prize Ship (2023) 2 copies
Cinq nouvelles (2016) 2 copies
La máquina preservadora (1978) 2 copies
Null-o 2 copies
The Man in the High Castle: Season 3 — Author — 2 copies
Android ve Insan (2013) 2 copies
Eine Spur Wahnsinn (1986) 2 copies
Top Stand-By Job (1963) 2 copies
The Mold Of Yancy (1955) 2 copies
The Unreconstructed M (1956) 2 copies
Return Match (1966) 2 copies
Psi-man (1955) 2 copies
Romans 1965-1969 (2013) 2 copies
Next e altri racconti (2008) 2 copies
Le père truqué (1989) 2 copies
Romans : 1953-1959 (2012) 2 copies
Jon's World 2 copies
UBIK尤比克 (2022) 1 copy
Cla 1 copy
Cinq nouvelles (2012) 1 copy
Time Pawn 1 copy
Stand-by 1 copy
Recall Mechanism (1959) 1 copy
Service Call 1 copy
Galaxy No 77 1 copy
Pago Para Esquecer (2004) 1 copy
Gokteki Goz (2015) 1 copy
Titanlı Oyuncular (2018) 1 copy
Uzaydaki Çatlak (2019) 1 copy
Vulcanus kalapácsa (2022) 1 copy
Survey Team 1 copy
Attenzione polizia! (1992) 1 copy
Planetas Morales (2015) 1 copy
2009 1 copy
Gelecek Seneyi Bekle (2018) 1 copy
Repedés a térben (2021) 1 copy

Associated Works

Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories — Contributor — 1,894 copies
The World Treasury of Science Fiction (1989) — Contributor — 889 copies
The Dark Descent (1987) — Contributor — 719 copies
The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy (1996) — Contributor — 628 copies
Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories (2011) — Contributor — 504 copies
Blade Runner [The Final Cut] (1982) — Author — 499 copies
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (2008) — Contributor — 414 copies
The Big Book of Science Fiction (2016) — Contributor — 411 copies
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (1994) — Contributor — 392 copies
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1993) — Contributor — 365 copies
Science Fiction Omnibus (1952) — Contributor — 340 copies
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume 1 (1959) — Contributor — 338 copies
Dr. Adder (1984) — Afterword, some editions — 313 copies
Knights of Madness: Further Comic Tales of Fantasy (1998) — Contributor — 297 copies
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction [2-volume set] (1959) — Contributor — 292 copies
The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century (2001) — Contributor — 292 copies
There Will Be War (1983) — Contributor — 267 copies
Space Opera (1974) — Contributor — 265 copies
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment (1988) — Contributor — 260 copies
The Adjustment Bureau (2011) — Author — 250 copies
Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder (1987) — Author — 246 copies
The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to Here (1979) — Contributor — 242 copies
Nebula Award Stories Number Two (1967) — Contributor — 240 copies
The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction (1979) — Contributor — 226 copies
Dangerous Visions 2 (1901) — Contributor — 202 copies
Tomorrow's Children (1966) — Contributor — 197 copies
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (1980) — Contributor — 196 copies
The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998) — Contributor — 192 copies
Next [2007 film] (2007) 180 copies
The Ruins of the Earth (1973) — Contributor — 162 copies
The Ultimate Cyberpunk (2002) — Contributor — 151 copies
The Science Fiction Bestiary (1972) — Contributor — 149 copies
The Master's Choice (1979) — Contributor — 148 copies
Treasures of Fantasy (1997) — Contributor — 143 copies
My Favorite Horror Story (2007) — Contributor — 139 copies
Space Odyssey (1983) — Contributor — 138 copies
Reel Future (1994) 134 copies
The Best Time Travel Stories of All Time (2002) — Contributor — 134 copies
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010) — Contributor — 133 copies
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998) — Contributor — 131 copies
Republic and Empire (Imperial Stars, Vol 2) (1987) — Contributor — 126 copies
Blade Runner [5 version set] (1982) — Author — 125 copies
Nebula Award Stories Sixteen (1982) — Contributor — 124 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 (1975) — Contributor — 123 copies
Vampires: The Greatest Stories (1997) — Contributor — 121 copies
World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 (1967) — Contributor — 119 copies
Spectrum 2 (1962) — Contributor — 118 copies
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction (2002) — Contributor — 116 copies
Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology (1974) — Contributor — 113 copies
Galaxy, Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction (1980) — Contributor — 112 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 (1981) — Contributor — 110 copies
Cyber-killers (1997) — Contributor, some editions — 106 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 (1980) — Contributor — 104 copies
World's Best Science Fiction: 1965 (1964) — Contributor — 103 copies
Science Fiction Showcase (1959) — Contributor — 102 copies
Science Fiction Terror Tales (1955) — Contributor — 100 copies
Space Odysseys (1974) 98 copies
Foundations of Fear (1992) — Contributor — 97 copies
Women of the Night (2007) — Contributor — 94 copies
Best SF Two (1956) — Contributor — 92 copies
Strange gifts: Eight stories of science fiction (1975) — Author — 91 copies
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 (1955) — Contributor — 91 copies
Sci-Fi Private Eye (1997) — Contributor — 91 copies
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) (1987) — Contributor — 90 copies
Time to Come (1954) — Contributor — 87 copies
New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction (2003) — Contributor — 85 copies
Bangs and Whimpers: Stories about the End of the World (1999) — Contributor — 83 copies
Beyond Control (1972) — Contributor — 83 copies
The Reel Stuff (1998) — Contributor — 83 copies
Between Time and Terror (1995) — Contributor — 76 copies
Alpha 5 (1974) — Contributor — 72 copies
The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack (2012) — Contributor — 70 copies
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 16th Series (1967) — Contributor — 69 copies
Dark Stars (1969) — Contributor — 65 copies
The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977) — Author, some editions — 65 copies
Time Travelers (Fiction in the Fourth Dimension) (1997) — Contributor — 64 copies
A Fabulous Formless Darkness (1991) — Contributor — 64 copies
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories (1996) — Contributor — 59 copies
Other Worlds, Other Times (1969) — Contributor — 58 copies
Aliens among Us (2000) — Contributor — 58 copies
Timescapes (1997) — Contributor — 57 copies
Stellar #5: Science-Fiction Stories (1980) — Contributor — 55 copies
The Mammoth Book of Future Cops (2003) — Contributor — 55 copies
Future War (1999) — Contributor — 54 copies
Aliens! (1980) — Contributor — 54 copies
The Second Science Fiction Megapack (2011) — Author — 53 copies
Alpha 2 (1971) — Contributor — 51 copies
Fine Frights (Anthology) (1988) — Contributor — 51 copies
Beyond Tomorrow: Anthology of Modern Science Fiction (1976) — Contributor — 51 copies
Classic Science Fiction (1995) — Contributor — 50 copies
Dogtales! (1988) — Contributor — 50 copies
Science Fiction Contemporary Mythology (1978) — Contributor — 48 copies
Reel Terror (1992) — Contributor — 48 copies
Souls in Metal: An Anthology of Robot Futures (1977) — Contributor — 48 copies
New Worlds 2 (1992) — Contributor — 47 copies
The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 47 copies
Alpha 3 (1972) — Contributor — 47 copies
Explorations of the Marvellous (1976) — Contributor — 44 copies
Amazing Stories: 60 Years of the Best Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 44 copies
Inside the Funhouse: 17 Sf Stories About Sf (1992) — Contributor — 44 copies
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 24th Series (1982) — Contributor — 41 copies
Urban Horrors (1941) — Contributor — 40 copies
Blade Runner [Marvel Comics adaptation] (1982) — Original author — 39 copies
The Others (1969) — Contributor — 38 copies
The Folio Science Fiction Anthology (2016) — Contributor — 38 copies
Invasion of the Robots (1965) — Contributor — 35 copies
Windows Into Tomorrow (1974) — Contributor — 34 copies
Alien Worlds (1964) — Contributor — 33 copies
More Macabre (1961) — Author — 31 copies
Masters of Science Fiction (1964) — Contributor — 30 copies
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (2011) — Contributor — 30 copies
Invaders! (1993) — Contributor — 29 copies
First Voyages (1981) — Contributor — 29 copies
Infinite jests;: The lighter side of science fiction (1974) — Contributor — 29 copies
The Androids Are Coming (1979) — Contributor — 27 copies
Science Fiction Stories (Macmillan Readers) (2009) — Contributor — 27 copies
Nursery Crimes (1993) — Contributor — 24 copies
Book of Alien Monsters (1982) — Contributor — 24 copies
Welcome to Reality: The Nightmares of Philip K. Dick (1991) — Contributor — 24 copies
The Paranoid Fifties (1995) — Contributor — 21 copies
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998) — Contributor — 20 copies
The Big Book of Cyberpunk (2023) — Contributor — 20 copies
Earth in Transit (1976) — Contributor — 16 copies
Robots through the Ages: A Science Fiction Anthology (2023) — Contributor — 15 copies
Angels! (1995) — Contributor — 15 copies
Science fiction verhalen [1969] — Contributor, some editions — 13 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1953 06 (1953) — Contributor — 12 copies
Gigantic Worlds (2015) — Contributor — 11 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1954 October, Vol. 9, No. 1 (1954) — Contributor — 11 copies
Worlds of Tomorrow No. 16, November 1965 (1965) — Author — 10 copies
Beyond Fantasy Fiction 1953 September (1953) — Contributor — 10 copies
Social Problems Through Science Fiction (1975) — Contributor — 10 copies
Univers 12 (1978) — Contributor — 10 copies
Worlds of Tomorrow No. 03, August 1963 (1963) — Author — 9 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1964 October, Vol. 23, No. 1 (1964) — Contributor — 8 copies
Kopernikus 3 (1981) — Contributor, some editions — 8 copies
Worlds of Tomorrow No. 11, January 1965 (1965) — Author — 8 copies
Worlds of Tomorrow No. 04, October 1963 (1963) — Contributor — 8 copies
Wide-Angle Lens: Stories of Time and Space (1980) — Contributor — 8 copies
The Caedmon Short Story Collection (2001) — Contributor — 8 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1964 February, Vol. 22, No. 3 (1964) — Contributor — 8 copies
Satellite Science Fiction October 1956 (1956) — Contributor — 8 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 27, No. 6 [August-September 1953] (1953) — Contributor — 7 copies
Imagination, January 1953 (Vol. 4 ∙ No. 1) (1953) — Contributor — 7 copies
Fantastic Universe June-July 1953 (1953) — Contributor — 7 copies
Der Rabe, Nr.59, Der phantastische Rabe (2000) — Author, some editions — 7 copies
Invaders from space; ten stories of science fiction (1972) — Contributor — 7 copies
Fantastic Universe January 1954 (1954) — Contributor — 7 copies
Great Angel Fantasies (1996) — Contributor — 6 copies
School and Society Through Science Fiction (1974) — Contributor — 6 copies
Worlds of Tomorrow No. 09, August 1964 (1964) — Author — 6 copies
Startling Stories, Winter 1955 (1955) — Contributor — 6 copies
Marriage and the Family Through Science Fiction (1988) — Contributor — 6 copies
Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1954 (1954) — Contributor — 5 copies
Orbit Science Fiction No. 2, December 1953 (1953) — Contributor — 5 copies
Planet Stories 66, May 1954 — Contributor — 5 copies
Planet Stories 55, July 1952 — Contributor — 5 copies
Imagination, July 1954 (Vol. 5 ∙ No. 7) — Contributor — 5 copies
Worlds of Tomorrow No. 08, June 1964 (1964) — Author — 5 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 37, No. 12 [December 1963] (1963) — Contributor — 5 copies
Fantastic Universe January 1956 (1955) — Contributor — 5 copies
Imagination, June 1953 (Vol. 4 ∙ No. 5) (1953) — Contributor — 4 copies
Imagination, February 1956 (Vol. 7 ∙ No. 1) (1956) — Contributor — 4 copies
Imagination, December 1953 (Vol. 4 ∙ No. 11) (1953) — Contributor — 4 copies
Space Science Fiction September 1953 — Contributor — 4 copies
Imagination, February 1953 (Vol. 4 ∙ No. 2) — Contributor — 4 copies
Science Fiction Stories July 1955 — Contributor — 4 copies
Future Science Fiction October 1954 — Contributor; Contributor — 4 copies
Future Science Fiction No. 29 (1956) — Contributor — 4 copies
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Summer 1954 — Contributor — 4 copies
Faseskift. Science Fiction noveller (1984) — Author, some editions — 3 copies
Imagination, July 1953 (Vol. 4 ∙ No. 6) — Contributor — 3 copies
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1954 — Contributor — 3 copies
Den ¤elektriske myre og andre science fiction-fortællinger (1984) — Author, some editions — 2 copies
Impuls 1 — Author, some editions — 2 copies
Science Fiction Stories 1953 — Contributor — 2 copies
Fantastic Story Magazine, July 1953 (1953) — Contributor — 2 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 41, No. 1 [April 1967] (1967) — Contributor — 2 copies
Fantastic Universe July 1955 — Contributor — 2 copies
Fantastic. No. 136 (November 1966) (1966) — Contributor — 2 copies
Startling Stories, January 1954 (1954) — Contributor — 2 copies
Nuove avventure nell'ignoto — Contributor — 2 copies
Mostri del cielo e della terra — Contributor — 2 copies
Fantastic Universe October 1954 — Contributor — 2 copies
BEYOND Fiction: (December, Dec.) No. 9, 1954 (1954) — Contributor — 1 copy
9 science fiction stories — Author, some editions — 1 copy
Questa notte attenti agli UFO — Contributor — 1 copy
季刊NW-SF 7号 — Contributor — 1 copy
季刊NW-SF 1976年 08月 第12号 — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Dick, Philip K.
Legal name
Dick, Philip Kindred
Other names
Philips, Richard
Dowland, Jack
Birthdate
1928-12-16
Date of death
1982-03-02
Burial location
Riverside Cemetery, Fort Morgan, Colorado, USA (section K, block 1, lot 56)
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Place of death
Santa Ana, California, USA
Cause of death
Stroke
Places of residence
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Berkeley, California, USA
San Rafael, California, USA
Fullerton, California, USA
Santa Ana, California, USA
Point Reyes Station, California, USA
Education
University of California, Berkeley (MLS|1975)
Occupations
short-story writer
novelist
science fiction writer
Relationships
Dick, Tessa B. (former spouse)
Dick, Anne R.(former spouse)
Powers, Tim (friend)
Blaylock, James P. (friend)
Jeter, K. W. (friend)
Organizations
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Awards and honors
Science Fiction Hall of Fame ( [2005])
Hugo Award (1963)
John W. Campbell Memorial Award (1975)
British Science Fiction Association Award (1978)
Graoully d'Or (1979)
Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis (1985)
Agent
Russell Galen (Scovil-Chichak-Galen Literary Agency)
Short biography
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. Philip K. Dick died on March 2, 1982, in Santa Ana, California, of heart failure following a stroke.
Disambiguation notice
The collected short stories have been published with many different titles, so, when combining, please take care to combine the correct volumes.

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Reviews

This isn't one of Dick's most talked about works (maybe because there is no adaptation (that I know of?)?), but it is one of the better written. I cannot talk about what I find most fascinating about this book without spoiling it COMPLETELY, but there is a lot that I can say.

Most of your common PKD themes are here. A sudden change or revelation that makes you question everything you knew about reality. A surveillance state. Disguise. But then we get some new or less common elements as well — a lot of shade thrown at eugenics, a staggering amount of sexual content for Dick Not that there is sex on the page, exactly, but the police encounter a pedophile (but in this world, the age of consent is 13 — it's messy), two of the female characters are bisexual, and there is an incestuous couple? I would almost think I was reading Heinlein, except there isn't a hot tub in sight.

Not to mention Heinlein is not interested in the question of WHAT EVEN IS REALITY/HUMANITY? Which is Dick's whole thing.

Out of everything, the anti-Black edge to eugenics is probably what ages the poorest, not because dick doesn't see it or mention it, but the treatment of it feels undercooked.
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In Philip K. Dick’s alternate history novel, the Allies have lost WWII and the United States is divided up between Nazi Germany to the east and the Empire of Japan in the west. Between the two territories is a neutral zone straddling the Rocky Mountain States. It’s 1962 and the Chancellor of Nazi Germany, Martin Bormann, has just died, leaving several high-ranking Nazi officers to jockey for power including Reinhard Heydrich, Joseph Goebbels, and others.

In the Japanese-controlled Pacific Western States, Rudolf Wegener (traveling under the name Baynes) defects from Nazi Germany to meet with a sympathetic Japanese General. There, Wegener reveals Operation Dandelion, Germany’s plans to attack the Japanese Home Islands. The meeting is held in the office of Trade Minister Tagomi in San Francisco, which is raided by an armed German militia assigned to kill Wegener.

Meanwhile, machinist Frank Frink teams up with a co-worker to form their own business making hand-wrought metal jewelry. They plan to peddle their wares to a few local shops, starting with the largest antique shop in town owned by Robert Childan. Reluctant at first, Childan accepts the jewelry on a consignment deal but uses one of the pieces to curry favor with a young Japanese couple. He also sells a piece to Mr. Tagomi who later experiences a strange vision of an alternate San Francisco.

In the neutral zone, Frink’s ex-wife, Julianna, is a Judo instructor and has been dating a truck driver named Joe Cinnandella. Julianna is engrossed in a popular novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy in which the United States and Britain have won WWII and now dominate the world. So compelling is the story that Julianna convinces Joe to drive her to Cheyenne, Wyoming to visit the author, a man named Abendsen. Along the way, she learns that Joe is not who he seems.

Throughout the story, Mr. Tagomi and other characters in San Francisco consult the I Ching, a Chinese book of divination, to guide their decisions and foretell the future.

Overall, The Man in the High Castle is a fascinating idea of what would have become of the United States had the Axis powers won the war. The oppression and fear experienced by the characters is palatable as each of them struggles for the best existence they can manage given their circumstances.
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An amazing twist in writing built on a mythology that is convincing, dense of reinterpretation of Christian stories... Overly emphatic deliberations around the possibility of suicide but that become transformed.

I didn’t quite enjoy the book but I learned a lot about what is possible in writing.
 
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