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.
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Series
Early Stories of Philip K. Dick
1. The Variable Man and other Stories (2008)
2. Breakfast at Twilight and other Stories (2008)
1. The Variable Man and other Stories (2008)
2. Breakfast at Twilight and other Stories (2008)
Novels
Solar Lottery (1955)
aka World of Chance
The Man Who Japed (1956)
The World Jones Made (1956)
The Cosmic Puppets (1957)
Eye in the Sky (1957)
Time Out of Joint (1959)
Dr. Futurity (1960)
Vulcan's Hammer (1960)
The Man in the High Castle (1962)
The Game-Players of Titan (1963)
Clans of the Alphane Moon (1964)
Martian Time-Slip (1964)
The Penultimate Truth (1964)
The Simulacra (1964)
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1964)
The Unteleported Man (1964)
Dr Bloodmoney (1965)
The Crack in Space (1966)
Now Wait for Last Year (1966)
Counter-Clock World (1967)
The Ganymede Takeover (1967) (with Ray Nelson)
The Zap Gun (1967)
Galactic Pot-Healer (1969)
Ubik (1969)
We Can Build You (1969)
A Maze of Death (1970)
Our Friends from Frolix 8 (1970)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (1974)
Deus Irae (1976) (with Roger Zelazny)
A Scanner Darkly (1977)
Lies, Inc. (1984)
Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike (1984)
In Milton Lumky Territory (1985)
Radio Free Albemuth (1985)
Puttering About in a Small Land (1985)
Humpty Dumpty in Oakland (1986)
Mary and the Giant (1987)
The Broken Bubble (1988)
Nick and the Glimmung (1988)
In Pursuit of Valis (1991)
Gather Yourselves Together (1994)
Cantata 140 (2003)
Voices from the Street (2007)
Illegal Tender (2022) (as by Richard Phillips)
aka World of Chance
The Man Who Japed (1956)
The World Jones Made (1956)
The Cosmic Puppets (1957)
Eye in the Sky (1957)
Time Out of Joint (1959)
Dr. Futurity (1960)
Vulcan's Hammer (1960)
The Man in the High Castle (1962)
The Game-Players of Titan (1963)
Clans of the Alphane Moon (1964)
Martian Time-Slip (1964)
The Penultimate Truth (1964)
The Simulacra (1964)
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1964)
The Unteleported Man (1964)
Dr Bloodmoney (1965)
The Crack in Space (1966)
Now Wait for Last Year (1966)
Counter-Clock World (1967)
The Ganymede Takeover (1967) (with Ray Nelson)
The Zap Gun (1967)
Galactic Pot-Healer (1969)
Ubik (1969)
We Can Build You (1969)
A Maze of Death (1970)
Our Friends from Frolix 8 (1970)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (1974)
Deus Irae (1976) (with Roger Zelazny)
A Scanner Darkly (1977)
Lies, Inc. (1984)
Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike (1984)
In Milton Lumky Territory (1985)
Radio Free Albemuth (1985)
Puttering About in a Small Land (1985)
Humpty Dumpty in Oakland (1986)
Mary and the Giant (1987)
The Broken Bubble (1988)
Nick and the Glimmung (1988)
In Pursuit of Valis (1991)
Gather Yourselves Together (1994)
Cantata 140 (2003)
Voices from the Street (2007)
Illegal Tender (2022) (as by Richard Phillips)
Omnibus
Three Early Novels (2000)
Five Great Novels (2004)
Martian Time-Slip / Golden Man (2007)
Four Novels of the 1960s (2007)
Five Great Novels (2004)
Martian Time-Slip / Golden Man (2007)
Four Novels of the 1960s (2007)
Collections
A Handful of Darkness (1955)
The Variable Man (1957)
The Preserving Machine (1969)
The Father-Thing (1971)
The Book of Philip K. Dick (1973)
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (1976)
The Golden Man (1980)
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (1985)
The Days of Perky Pat (1987)
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick (1987)
Beyond Lies the Wub: Collected Stories (1987)
The Dark-Haired Girl (1988)
Second Variety: Collected Stories (1990)
Little Black Box (1990)
The Minority Report (1991)
The Philip K. Dick Reader (1997)
Paycheck (2003)
Vintage Pkd (2006)
Human Is? (2007)
The King of the Elves (2010)
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Two (2011) (with James Blish, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Roger Dee, Philip José Farmer, C M Kornbluth, Alan E Nourse, Rog Phillips, Robert Silverberg and Manly Wade Wellman)
The Early Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick (2013)
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams: Volume 1 (2017)
Minority Report: Volume Four of The Collected Stories (2017)
Fantastic Stories Presents: Science Fiction Super Pack 2 (2018) (with Poul Anderson, Jerome Bixby, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Algis Budrys, Brenda W Clough, Harry Harrison, Murry Leinster, Katherine MacLean, Judith Merril, C L Moore, Andre Norton, H Beam Piper, Frederick Pohl, Robert Sheckley, Everlyn E Smith, Allen Steele and Jamie Wild)
The Fantasy Super Pack 2 (2019) (with Poul Anderson, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Brenda W Clough, Ron Gou, Ron Goulart, Robert E Howard, Laurence M Janifer, Nicole Givens Kurtz, Henry Kuttner, R A Lafferty, Warren Lapine, Fritz Leiber, Gene Mederos, C L Moore, Andre Norton, Alan E Nourse, Dorothy Quick, Mike Resnick, Robert Sheckley, Evelyn E Smith, Steve Rasnic Tem, Sydney J Van Scyoc, Brea Viragh and Stanley G Weinbaum)
The Eyes Have It and Other Stories (2022)
The Variable Man (1957)
The Preserving Machine (1969)
The Father-Thing (1971)
The Book of Philip K. Dick (1973)
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (1976)
The Golden Man (1980)
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (1985)
The Days of Perky Pat (1987)
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick (1987)
Beyond Lies the Wub: Collected Stories (1987)
The Dark-Haired Girl (1988)
Second Variety: Collected Stories (1990)
Little Black Box (1990)
The Minority Report (1991)
The Philip K. Dick Reader (1997)
Paycheck (2003)
Vintage Pkd (2006)
Human Is? (2007)
The King of the Elves (2010)
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Two (2011) (with James Blish, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Roger Dee, Philip José Farmer, C M Kornbluth, Alan E Nourse, Rog Phillips, Robert Silverberg and Manly Wade Wellman)
The Early Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick (2013)
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams: Volume 1 (2017)
Minority Report: Volume Four of The Collected Stories (2017)
Fantastic Stories Presents: Science Fiction Super Pack 2 (2018) (with Poul Anderson, Jerome Bixby, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Algis Budrys, Brenda W Clough, Harry Harrison, Murry Leinster, Katherine MacLean, Judith Merril, C L Moore, Andre Norton, H Beam Piper, Frederick Pohl, Robert Sheckley, Everlyn E Smith, Allen Steele and Jamie Wild)
The Fantasy Super Pack 2 (2019) (with Poul Anderson, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Brenda W Clough, Ron Gou, Ron Goulart, Robert E Howard, Laurence M Janifer, Nicole Givens Kurtz, Henry Kuttner, R A Lafferty, Warren Lapine, Fritz Leiber, Gene Mederos, C L Moore, Andre Norton, Alan E Nourse, Dorothy Quick, Mike Resnick, Robert Sheckley, Evelyn E Smith, Steve Rasnic Tem, Sydney J Van Scyoc, Brea Viragh and Stanley G Weinbaum)
The Eyes Have It and Other Stories (2022)
Novellas
The Gun (1952)
The Skull (1952)
Beyond Lies the Wub (1952)
The Defenders (1953)
The Eyes Have It (1953)
The Hanging Stranger (1953)
Mr Spaceship (1953)
Piper in the Woods (1953)
Tony and the Beetles (1953)
Second Variety (1953)
Adjustment Team (1954)
Beyond the Door (1954)
The Crystal Crypt (1954)
The Skull (1952)
Beyond Lies the Wub (1952)
The Defenders (1953)
The Eyes Have It (1953)
The Hanging Stranger (1953)
Mr Spaceship (1953)
Piper in the Woods (1953)
Tony and the Beetles (1953)
Second Variety (1953)
Adjustment Team (1954)
Beyond the Door (1954)
The Crystal Crypt (1954)
Series contributed to
Non fiction
Confessions of a Crap Artist (1975)
What If Our World Is Their Heaven? (1987)
Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick, 1977-1979 (1991)
The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick 1975-1976 (1991)
The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick, 1973-1974 (1991)
The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick 1972-1973 (1994)
The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick (1995)
The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick 1938-1971 (1997)
The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick 1980-82 (2007)
What If Our World Is Their Heaven? (1987)
Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick, 1977-1979 (1991)
The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick 1975-1976 (1991)
The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick, 1973-1974 (1991)
The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick 1972-1973 (1994)
The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick (1995)
The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick 1938-1971 (1997)
The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick 1980-82 (2007)
Anthologies containing stories by Philip K Dick
Time to Come (1954)
Best SF 2 (1956)
Six and the Silent Scream (1958)
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume 1 (1959)
Spectrum 2 (1962)
Nebula Award Stories 2 (1966)
Tomorrow's Children (1966)
Dangerous Visions 2 (1967)
World's Best Science Fiction 1967 (1967)
aka World's Best SF 3rd Series
Best SF: 1969 (1969)
aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 3
Other Worlds, Other Times (1969)
The Others (1969)
Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder (1969)
Modern Science Fiction (1974)
Final Stage (1974)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 (1975)
The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977)
The Master's Choice Book 1 (1979)
Aliens! (1980)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 (1980)
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 (1981)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 (1981)
Nebula Award Stories 16 (1982)
Sci-Fi Private Eye (1984)
Machines That Kill (1984)
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
Horror Stories (1988)
Fine Frights (1988)
Robots (1989)
Between Time and Terror (1990)
Urban Horrors (1990)
Vampires: The Greatest Stories (1991)
Inside the Funhouse (1992)
Simulations (1993)
Invaders! (1993)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Nursery Crimes (1993)
The Ascent of Wonder (1994)
Visions of Fear (1994)
Reel Future (1994)
Angels! (1995)
Space Movies (1995)
The Wizards of Odd (1996)
Cyber-Killers (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (1998)
aka The Fantasy Hall of Fame
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998)
More Amazing Stories (1998)
Knights of Madness (1998)
The Reel Stuff (1998)
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998)
Vintage Science Fiction (1999)
Future War (1999)
Bangs and Whimpers (1999)
Aliens Among Us (2000)
My Favorite Horror Story (2000)
Best SF 2 (1956)
Six and the Silent Scream (1958)
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume 1 (1959)
Spectrum 2 (1962)
Nebula Award Stories 2 (1966)
Tomorrow's Children (1966)
Dangerous Visions 2 (1967)
World's Best Science Fiction 1967 (1967)
aka World's Best SF 3rd Series
Best SF: 1969 (1969)
aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 3
Other Worlds, Other Times (1969)
The Others (1969)
Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder (1969)
Modern Science Fiction (1974)
Final Stage (1974)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 (1975)
The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977)
The Master's Choice Book 1 (1979)
Aliens! (1980)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 (1980)
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 (1981)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 (1981)
Nebula Award Stories 16 (1982)
Sci-Fi Private Eye (1984)
Machines That Kill (1984)
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
Horror Stories (1988)
Fine Frights (1988)
Robots (1989)
Between Time and Terror (1990)
Urban Horrors (1990)
Vampires: The Greatest Stories (1991)
Inside the Funhouse (1992)
Simulations (1993)
Invaders! (1993)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Nursery Crimes (1993)
The Ascent of Wonder (1994)
Visions of Fear (1994)
Reel Future (1994)
Angels! (1995)
Space Movies (1995)
The Wizards of Odd (1996)
Cyber-Killers (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (1998)
aka The Fantasy Hall of Fame
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998)
More Amazing Stories (1998)
Knights of Madness (1998)
The Reel Stuff (1998)
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998)
Vintage Science Fiction (1999)
Future War (1999)
Bangs and Whimpers (1999)
Aliens Among Us (2000)
My Favorite Horror Story (2000)
Short stories
Beyond Lies the Wub [short story] (1952) | |||
The Little Movement (1952) | |||
Paycheck [short story] (1952) | |||
Roog (1952) | |||
Colony (1953) | |||
The Commuter (1953) | |||
The Cookie Lady (1953) | |||
The Cosmic Poachers (1953) aka Burglar | |||
Expendable (1953) aka He Who Waits | |||
The Great C (1953) | |||
If There Were No Benny Cemoli (1953) | |||
The Impossible Planet (1953) aka Legend | |||
Imposter (1953) | |||
Impostor (1953) | |||
The Indefatigable Frog (1953) | |||
The Infinities (1953) | |||
The King of the Elves [short story] (1953) aka Shadrach Jones and the Elves | |||
Out in the Garden (1953) | |||
Planet for Transients (1953) aka The Itinerants | |||
The Preserving Machine [short story] (1953) | |||
Project: Earth (1953) aka One Who Stole | |||
Second Variety [short story] (1953) | |||
Some Kinds of Life (1953) aka The Beleaguered | |||
The Trouble with Bubbles (1953) aka Plaything | |||
The Variable Man [short story] (1953) | |||
The World She Wanted (1953) | |||
Breakfast at Twilight (1954) | |||
The Builder (1954) | |||
The Crawlers (1954) aka Foundling Home | |||
Exhibit Piece (1954) | |||
The Father-Thing [short story] (1954) | |||
The Golden Man [short story] (1954) aka The God Who Runs | |||
James P Crow (1954) | |||
Jon's World (1954) aka Jon | |||
The Last of the Masters (1954) aka Protection Agency | |||
Martians Come in Clouds (1954) aka The Buggies | |||
Meddler (1954) | |||
Of Withered Apples (1954) | |||
A Present for Pat (1954) | |||
Prize Ship (1954) aka Globe from Ganymede | |||
Progeny (1954) | |||
Prominent Author (1954) | |||
Sales Pitch (1954) | |||
Shell Game (1954) | |||
The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford (1954) | |||
Small Town (1954) aka Engineer | |||
Souvenir (1954) | |||
Strange Eden (1954) aka Immolation | |||
Survey Team (1954) | |||
The Turning Wheel (1954) | |||
Upon the Dull Earth (1954) | |||
A World of Talent (1954) aka Two Steps Right | |||
Autofac (1955) | |||
Captive Market (1955) | |||
The Chromium Fence (1955) | |||
Foster, You're Dead (1955) | |||
The Hood Maker (1955) aka Immunity | |||
Human Is (1955) | |||
The Mold of Yancy (1955) | |||
Nanny (1955) | |||
Psi-Man Heal My Child (1955) aka Outside Consultant | |||
Service Call (1955) | |||
A Surface Raid (1955) | |||
War Veteran (1955) | |||
The Minority Report [short story] (1956) | |||
Pay for the Printer (1956) aka Printer's Pay | |||
To Serve the Master (1956) aka Be As Gods! | |||
Misadjustment (1957) | |||
The Unreconstructed M (1957) | |||
Null-O (1958) aka Looney Lemuel | |||
Explorers We (1959) | |||
Fair Game (1959) | |||
Recall Mechanism (1959) | |||
War Game (1959) aka Diversion | |||
The Days of Perky Pat [short story] (1963) aka In the Days of Perky Pat | |||
Stand-By (1963) aka Top Stand-By Job | |||
Top Stand-By Job (1963) | |||
What'll We Do with Ragland Park? (1963) aka No Ordinary Guy | |||
A Game of Unchance (1964) | |||
The Little Black Box (1964) aka From Ordinary Household Objects | |||
Novelty Act (1964) aka At Second Jug | |||
Oh, To Be a Blobel! (1964) | |||
Orpheus with Clay Feet (1964) | |||
Precious Artifact (1964) | |||
The War with the Fnools (1964) | |||
Waterspider (1964) | |||
What the Dead Men Say (1964) aka Man with a Broken Match | |||
Retreat Syndrome (1965) | |||
Holy Quarrel (1966) | |||
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale [short story] (1966) | |||
Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday (1966) | |||
Faith of Our Fathers (1967) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
Return Match (1967) | |||
Not By Its Cover (1968) | |||
The Story to End All Stories for Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions (1968) | |||
The Electric Ant (1969) | |||
A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (1974) | |||
The Pre-Persons (1974) | |||
The Exit Door Leads In (1979) | |||
Chains of Air, Web of Aether (1980) aka The Man Who Knew How to Lose | |||
Frozen Journey (1980) | |||
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon [short story] (1980) aka Frozen Journey | |||
Rautavaara's Case (1980) | |||
The Alien Mind (1981) | |||
Strange Memories of Death (1984) | |||
Cadbury, the Beaver Who Lacked (1987) | |||
The Day Mr Computer Fell Out of Its Tree (1987) | |||
The Eye of the Sibyl (1987) | |||
A Terran Odyssey (1987) |
Awards
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Books about Philip K Dick
The Novels of Philip K. Dick (1984) by Kim Stanley Robinson
Philip K. Dick (1995) by Samuel J Umland
Search for Philip K. Dick, 1928-1982 (1995) by Anne R Dick
Philip K. Dick (2000) by Andrew M Butler
Biography of Philip K. Dick (2003) by Darryl Mason
I Am Alive and You Are Dead (2003) by Emmanuel Carrère
Philip K. Dick (1995) by Samuel J Umland
Search for Philip K. Dick, 1928-1982 (1995) by Anne R Dick
Philip K. Dick (2000) by Andrew M Butler
Biography of Philip K. Dick (2003) by Darryl Mason
I Am Alive and You Are Dead (2003) by Emmanuel Carrère
Philip K Dick recommends

The Jagged Orbit (1969)
John Brunner
"A superb work, plotted with amazing skill, and showing a magnetic artistry."

The Disappearing Dwarf (1983)
(Elfin, book 2)
James P Blaylock
"A magical world, magically presented...having journeyed there, you will not wish to leave, nor ever to forget."
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