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Philip K. Dick

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.
Blade Runner
Vintage PKD
The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick

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Blade Runner
Vintage PKD
The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick

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