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Philip K. Dick
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Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and philosopher whose published work is almost entirely accepted as being in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments, and altered states. In his later works Dick's thematic focus strongly reflected his personal interest in metaphysics and theology. He often drew upon his own life experiences in addressing the nature of drug abuse, paranoia, schizophrenia, and transcendental experiences in novels such as A Scanner Darkly and VALIS. He also wrote extensively on philosophy, theology, the nature of reality and science later in his life that was published posthumously as The Exegesis. The novel The Man in the High Castle bridged the genres of alternate history and science fiction, earning Dick a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1963. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, a novel about a celebrity who awakens in a parallel universe where he is unknown, won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel in 1975. 
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December 16th, 1928 in Chicago as Philip Kindred Dick  /  Died:   Mar 2nd, 1982
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ActiveYearsEndYear : 1982
ActiveYearsStartYear : 1952
BirthYear : 1928
BirthMonthAndDay : 12-16
BirthDate : 1928-12-16
BirthPlace : Chicago
BirthPlace : Illinois
DeathDate : 1982-03-02
DeathPlace : Santa_Ana,_California
DeathYear : 1982
Genre : Science_fiction
Genre : Paranoid_fiction
IndividualisedGnd : 118678175
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Movement : Postmodernism
Nationality : Americans
NotableWork : Ubik
NotableWork : Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep?
NotableWork : The_Man_in_the_High_Castle
NotableWork : A_Scanner_Darkly
NotableWork : Flow_My_Tears,_the_Policeman_Said
NotableWork : VALIS_trilogy
NotableWork : Second_Variety
Pseudonym : "* Richard Phillipps
Pseudonym : "* Jack Dowland
SelibrId : 183767
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