Over a writing career that spanned three decades, PHILIP K. DICK (1928-1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralised power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned to deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film, notably Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly, as well as television's The Man in the High Castle. The recipient of critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout his career, including the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards, Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005, and between 2007 and 2009, the Library of America published a selection of his novels in three volumes. His work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.
One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of
fiction
*Sunday Times*
A fitting tribute to a great philosophical writer who found science
fiction the ideal form the expression of his ideas
*The Independent*
One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction.
Philip K. Dick made most of the European avant-garde seem naval
gazers in a cul-de-sac
*Sunday Times*
Dick quietly produced serious fiction in a popular form and there
can be no greater praise
*Michael Moorcock*
No other writer of his generation had such a powerful intellectual
presence. He stamped himself no only on our memories but in our
imaginations
*Brian Aldiss*
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