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Philip Kindred Dick (PKD) (1928-1982) is an American science fiction writer who had a rather profound effect on the genre. He was hailed by and was friends with a number of prominent science fiction authors such as Robert Heinlein, yet he received little recognition from the general public during his lifetime. By the 1990s his works have become some of the most popular of all of science fiction, with Dick gaining both popular acclaim and critical acceptance. Like other more famous science fiction authors, several of Dick's stories have been made into movies. His novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was made into the movie Blade Runner. The movie [Total Recall]? was based on one of his short stories (We can remember it for you wholesale), as was the movie Screamers, probably, although no mention of Dick was made in that movie's credits. |
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Philip Kindred Dick (PKD) (1928-1982) was an American science fiction writer who had a rather profound effect on the genre. He was hailed by and was friends with a number of prominent science fiction authors such as Robert Heinlein, yet he received little recognition from the general public during his lifetime. By the 1990s his works have become some of the most popular of all of science fiction, with Dick gaining both popular acclaim and critical acceptance. Like other more famous science fiction authors, several of Dick's stories have been made into movies. His novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was made into the movie Blade Runner. The movie [Total Recall]? was based on one of his short stories (We can remember it for you wholesale), as was the movie Screamers (based on Second Variety). Some scenes in The Terminator, of the future war landscape with killer androids trying to sneak into the shelters disguised as humans, are very reminiscent of Second Variety, though no mention was made in that movie's credits. |
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Dick was a heavy drug user and extremely paranoid, exhibiting various psychotic symptoms such as hearing voices by the time of his death. His later works, especially the Valis trilogy, were heavily autobiographical. Dick was also a voracious reader of works on religion, philosophy, metaphysics, |
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Dick was a heavy drug user and rather paranoid, exhibiting various psychotic symptoms such as hearing voices by the time of his death. His later works, especially the Valis trilogy, were heavily autobiographical. Dick was also a voracious reader of works on religion, philosophy, metaphysics, |
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