Philip Kindred Dick was an American science fiction short story writer and novelist. He wrote 44 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines. His fiction explored varied philosophical and social questions such as the nature of reality, perception, human nature, and identity, and commonly featured characters struggling against alternate realities, illusory environments, monopolistic corporations, drug abuse, authoritarian governments, and altered states of consciousness. He is considered one of the most important figures in 20th-century science fiction.
Philip K. Dick
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P. K ディック, Філіп Дзік, अ सर्फेस राइड, and 36 others
Mark Van Dyke, Philip K. Dick, Philip H. Dick, Richard Phillips, فيليب ك. ديك, フィリップ・K ディック, Chipdip K. Kill, Dick, Filipas Kindredas Dikas, 필립K딕, Filip Dik, Philip Kendred Dick, Філіп Дік, פיליפ ק דיק, Дик, Filip K. Dik, フィリップ・K・ディック, ฟิลิป เค. ดิก, Phillip K. Dick, Jack Dowland, 菲利普·狄克, Φίλιπ Ντικ, Philip H Dick, PKD, فیلیپ کیندرد دیک, פיליפ ק. דיק, Richard Phillipps, פיליפ קינדרד דיק, Филип Дик, Филип К Дик, Филип К. Дик, Philip Dick, フィリップ・キンドレッド ディック, Philippus Kindred Dick, Filip K Dik, Philip Kindred Dick - Born:
- Dec. 16, 1928
- Died:
- March 2, 1982
