Authors > Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick began his career writing short stories for magazines such as Amazing, Future, Galaxy, If, Imagination, and Science Fiction Stories. It was through the short story format that Dick was able to develop his unique story telling voice and his creative imagination.

His writing career included dozens novels, and hundreds of short stories, before his death in 1982. The best of his material is arguably some of the best science fiction ever written. With aspirations to reach the mainstream literary market, Philip K. Dick stories often take place in sci-fi settings but quickly expand to cover mainstream topics of politics, morality and ethics, history, horror, religion, mystery, and his grand theme of what it means to be human.

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The Man in the High Castle

It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some twenty years earlier the United States lost a war--and is now occupied by Nazi Germany and Japan.

Year: 1962     Genre: Alternate History, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep. . .

Year: 1968     Genre: Bounty Hunter, Future Noir

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

Jason Taverner--world-famous talk show host and man-about-town--wakes up one day to find that no one knows who he is--including the vast databases of the totalitarian government. And in a society where lack of identification is a crime, Taverner has no choice but to go on the run with a host of shady characters, including crooked cops and dealers of alien drugs. But do they know more than they are letting on? And just how can a person's identity be erased overnight?

Year: 1974     Genre: Chase Story, Near Future, Science Fiction

Dec 16, 1928 -- Mar 02, 1982
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YearTitle
1956The World Jones Made Science Fiction
1957Eye in the Sky Alternate Reality, Dystopian
1957The Cosmic Puppets Science Fiction
1959Time Out of Joint Alternate Reality
1960Vulcan's Hammer Science Fiction
1962The Man in the High Castle Alternate History, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction
1963Dr. Bloodmoney
or How We Got Along After the Bomb		 Science Fiction
1964Clans of the Alphane Moon Science Fiction
1964Martian Time-Slip Science Fiction
1964The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Science Fiction
1966Now Wait for Last Year Science Fiction
1968Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Future Noir, Blade Runner
1969Ubik Hard SF
1970A Maze of Death Murder Mystery, Science Fiction
1970Our Friends from Frolix 8 Satire, Science Fiction
1974Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said Near Future, Science Fiction
1977A Scanner Darkly Science Fiction
1981The Divine Invasion Science Fiction, VALIS Trilogy
1981Valis Alternate Reality, VALIS Trilogy
1982The Transmigration of Timothy Archer Science Fiction, VALIS Trilogy