Philip K. Dick

Philip Kindred Dick (16 December 1928 ? 2 March 1982), often known by his initials PKD, and sometimes by the pen name Richard Phillips, was an American science fiction writer and novelist who changed the genre profoundly. Though hailed during his lifetime by peers such as Stanis?aw Lem, Dick received little public recognition until after his death, when several popular film adaptations of his novels introduced him to a larger audience. His work is now some of the most popular in science fiction, and Dick has gained both general acclaim and critical respect.

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Best-known novels

• The Man in the High Castle, which takes place in an alternate America ruled by the victorious Axis powers, and which features an early exploration by Dick into the questions of false worlds;
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the inspiration for the film Blade Runner, which deals with Dick's themes about replicas of real things;
• Time Out of Joint, another excellent depiction of a man discovering his world to be fake (in many ways very similar to the movie The Truman Show);
• Now Wait for Last Year, a somewhat traditional sf novel involving time travel, Dick's theme of reality-altering drugs, more questions of replicas, and a fine example of Dick's recurring dark-haired female character; and
• Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb, which features northern California culture in the early 60's and questions of politics and society.

Novels by year

;1955:Solar Lottery

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1955 - Solar Lottery

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;1956:The World Jones Made

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:The Man Who Japed

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;1957:Eye in the Sky

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:The Cosmic Puppets

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;1959:Time Out of Joint

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1959 - Time Out of Joint

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;1960:Dr. Futurity

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1960 - Dr. Futurity

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:Vulcan's Hammer

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;1962:The Man in the High Castle

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1962 - The Man in the High Castle

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;1963:The Game-Players of Titan (ISBN 0679740651)

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;1964:Martian Time-Slip

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1964 - Martian Time-Slip

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:The Simulacra

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:Clans of the Alphane Moon

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:The Penultimate Truth

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;1965:The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

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1965 - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

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:Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb

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;1966:The Crack in Space

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:Now Wait for Last Year

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:The Unteleported Man

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;1967:Counter-Clock World

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1967 - Counter-Clock World

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:The Zap Gun

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:The Ganymede Takeover with Ray Nelson

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The Ganymede Takeover - Ray Nelson

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;1968:Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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1968 - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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;1969:Ubik

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1969 - Ubik

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:Galactic Pot-Healer

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;1970:A Maze of Death

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1970 - A Maze of Death

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:Our Friends from Frolix 8

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;1972:We Can Build You

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1972 - We Can Build You

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;1974:Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said

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1974 - Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said

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;1975:Confessions of a Crap Artist

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1975 - Confessions of a Crap Artist

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;1976:Deus Irae with Roger Zelazny

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1976 - Roger Zelazny

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;1977:A Scanner Darkly

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1977 - A Scanner Darkly

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;1981:Valis

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1981 - Valis

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:The Divine Invasion

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;1982:The Transmigration of Timothy Archer

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1982 - The Transmigration of Timothy Archer

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:The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike

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;1983:The Unteleported Man (expanded edition)

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;1984:Lies, Inc.

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;1985:Radio Free Albemuth

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1985 - Radio Free Albemuth

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:Puttering About in a Small Land

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:In Milton Lumky Territory

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;1986:Humpty Dumpty in Oakland

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;1987:Mary and the Giant

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1987 - Mary and the Giant

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;1988:The Broken Bubble

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:Nick and the Glimmung (for children)

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;1994:Gather Yourselves Together

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Short stories

The short stories of Philip K. Dick have recently been republished in five omnibus volumes, as follows:

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• The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford and Other Stories, ISBN 0806511532
• We Can Remember It for You Wholesale and Other Stories, ISBN 0806512091
• Second Variety and Other Stories, ISBN 0806512261
• The Minority Report and Other Stories, ISBN 0806512768
• The Eye of the Sibyl and Other Stories, ISBN 0806513284

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:Beyond Lies the Wub

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:The Gun

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:The Little Movement

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:The Skull

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:The Variable Man

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;1953

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:The Builder

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:Colony

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:The Commuter

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:The Cookie Lady

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:The Cosmic Poachers

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:The Defenders

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:Expendable

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:The Eyes Have It

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:The Great C

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:The Hanging Stranger

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:The Impossible Planet

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:Impostor

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:The Indefatigable Frog

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:The Infinities

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:The King of the Elves

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:Martians Come in Clouds

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:Mr. Spaceship

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:Out in the Garden

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:Paycheck

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:Piper in the Woods

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:Planet for Transients

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:The Preserving Machine

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:Project: Earth

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:Roog

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:Second Variety

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:Some Kinds of Life

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:The Trouble with Bubbles

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:The World She Wanted

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;1954

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:A World of Talent

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:The Last of the Masters

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:Adjustment Team

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:Beyond the Door

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:Breakfast at Twilight

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:The Crawlers

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:The Crystal Crypt

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:Exhibit Piece

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:The Father-thing

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:The Golden Man

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:James P. Crow

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:Jon's World

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:The Little Black Box

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:Meddler

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:Of Withered Apples

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:A Present for Pat

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:Prize Ship

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:Progeny

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:Prominent Author

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:Sales Pitch

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:Shell Game

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:The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford

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:Small Town

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:Souvenir

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:Strange Eden

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:Survey Team

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:Time Pawn

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:Tony and the Beetles

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:The Turning Wheel

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:Upon the Dull Earth

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;1955

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:Autofac

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:Captive Market

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:The Chromium Fence

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:Foster, You're Dead! In German: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shire/2797/dick.htm

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:The Hood Maker

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:Human Is

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:The Mold of Yancy

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:Nanny

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:Psi-man Heal My Child!

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:Service Call

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:A Surface Raid

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:Vulcan's Hammer

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:War Veteran

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;1956

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:A Glass of Darkness

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:Minority Report

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:Pay for the Printer

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:To Serve the Master

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;1957

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:Misadjustment

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:The Unreconstructed M

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;1958

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:Null-o

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;1959

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:Explorers We

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:Fair Game

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:Recall Mechanism

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:War Game

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;1963

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:All We Marsmen

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:The Days of Perky Pat

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:If There Were No Benny Cemoli

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:Stand-by

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:What'll We Do With Ragland Park?

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;1964

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:Cantata 140

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:A Game of Unchance

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:Novelty Act

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:Oh, to be a Blobel!

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:Orpheus with Clay Feet

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:Precious Artifact

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:The Unteleported Man

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:The War with the Fnools

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:Waterspider

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:What the Dead Men Say

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;1965

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:Project Plowshare

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:Retreat Syndrome

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:The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

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;1966

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:Holy Quarrel

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:We Can Remember It For You Wholesale

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:Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday

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;1967

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:Faith of our Fathers

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:Return Match

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;1968

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:Not By Its Cover

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:The Story To End All Stories

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;1969

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:A. Lincoln, Simulacrum

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:The Electric Ant

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;1972

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:Cadbury, the Beaver Who Lacked

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;1974

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:The Different Stages of Love

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:The Pre-persons

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:A Little Something For Us Tempunauts

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;1979

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:The Exit Door Leads In

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;1980

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:I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

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:Rautavaara's Case

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:Chains of Air, Web of Aethyr

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;1981

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:The Alien Mind

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;1984

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:Strange Memories Of Death

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;1987

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:The Day Mr. Computer Fell Out of Its Tree

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:The Eye of The Sibyl

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:Fawn, Look Back

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:Stability

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;1988

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:Goodbye, Vincent

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;1989

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:11-17-80

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;1992

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:The Name of the Game is Death

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Film adaptations of Philip K. Dick's works

• Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982) is based on his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
• Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven, 1990) is based on his short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale.
• Confessions d'un Barjo (Jérôme Boivin, 1992) is based on his novel Confessions of a Crap Artist.
• Screamers (Christian Duguay, 1995) is based on his short story Second Variety.
• Impostor (Gary Fleder, 2000) is based on the short story of the same name. A 1960s TV series was also based on the story.
• Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002) is based on the short story of the same name.
• Paycheck (John Woo, 2003) is based on the short story of the same name.
• A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, 2006) is based on the novel of the same name.
• Dick's personal essay Strange Memories of Death was adapted into a short film of the same name by Yates House Studios, but the film has yet to be distributed.

Awards

• Hugo Awards
• Best Novel
• 1963 - The Man in the High Castle (winner)
• 1975 - Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (nominee)
• Best Novelette
• 1968 - Faith of Our Fathers (nominee)
• Nebula Awards
• Best Novel
• 1965 - Dr. Bloodmoney (nominee)
• 1965 - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (nominee)
• 1968 - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (nominee)
• 1974 - Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (nominee)
• 1982 - The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (nominee)
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award
• Best Novel
• 1975 - Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (winner)