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Philip K Dick


(Philip Kindred Dick)
USA flag (1928 - 1982)

aka Jack Dowland, Richard Phillips

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.
 

Awards: BSFA (1978), Campbell (1975), Hugo (1963)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction
 
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)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   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)
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Series contributed to
Bladerunner
   1. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
     aka Blade Runner
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Books containing stories by Philip K Dick
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The Big Book of Cyberpunk Vol. 2 (2024)
(Big Book of Cyberpunk, book 2)
edited by
Jared Shurin
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman

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Awards
1978 BSFA Award for Best Novel : A Scanner Darkly
1975 John W. Campbell Memorial Award : Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
1963 Hugo Award for Best Novel : The Man in the High Castle

Award nominations
2004 Retro Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Second Variety
1988 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick
1986 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Radio Free Albemuth
1986 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
1983 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
1982 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
1982 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Valis
1982 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Divine Invasion
1982 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Divine Invasion
1981 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Golden Man
1981 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Rautavaara's Case
1978 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : A Scanner Darkly
1978 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : A Scanner Darkly
1975 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
1975 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
1974 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
1968 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
1968 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Faith of Our Fathers
1965 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
1965 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Dr Bloodmoney: or How We Got Along After the Bomb


Philip K Dick recommends
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Night Relics (1994)
(Ghosts Trilogy, book 1)
James P Blaylock
"Blaylock is an original author grounded in the quintessential classics, yet ready without notice to astonish: not only with what he reveals to us but how."
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The Night Man (1990)
K W Jeter
"Stunning."
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The Man in the Darksuit (1980)
Dennis R Caro
"A sheer delight. Don't pass this one up!"

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