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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अ सर्फेस राइड, Phillip K. Dick, Filipas Kindredas Dikas, and 36 others
פיליפ קינדרד דיק, Φίλιπ Ντικ, 필립K딕, Филип Дик, Philip Dick, フィリップ・K ディック, פיליפ ק. דיק, Филип К. Дик, Philip H Dick, Richard Phillipps, Filip K Dik, ฟิลิป เค. ดิก, Mark Van Dyke, فيليب ك. ديك, 菲利普·狄克, Dick, Philip Kendred Dick, Chipdip K. Kill, P. K ディック, Philip K. Dick, Jack Dowland, Дик, Філіп Дік, Philippus Kindred Dick, Филип К Дик, فیلیپ کیندرد دیک, PKD, Richard Phillips, Filip K. Dik, פיליפ ק דיק, Філіп Дзік, フィリップ・キンドレッド ディック, Philip Kindred Dick, フィリップ・K・ディック, Philip H. Dick, Filip Dik - Born:
- Dec. 16, 1928
- Died:
- March 2, 1982
