Philip K. Dick – 20th-century American science fiction writer; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, The Man in the High Castle; a cult figure in speculative fiction. His novels probe reality, identity, and power, many adapted into iconic films.
📖 The Man in the High Castle won the Hugo Award in 1963. 🎬 His works inspired Blade Runner, Minority Report, Total Recall. 🧪 Obsession with the boundary between reality and illusion defined his fiction. 📚 Authored over 40 novels and 120 short stories. 🌍 Themes reflect Cold War paranoia and fear of authoritarianism. 💊 Struggled with amphetamine addiction, shaping his frenetic style. 🖋️ Could produce multiple novels per year with staggering output. 📺 Amazon produced a hit series based on The Man in the High Castle. 👯♂️ The death of his twin sister Jane haunted him throughout life. 📔 Explored alternate universes and fractured timelines. 🔑 In 1974 he underwent the mystical “VALIS” experience, shaping his later works. 🎼 Loved classical music and once worked in a record shop. 🧐 Curious: convinced intelligence agencies spied on him; once reported a “break-in” that proved unfounded. 😄 Funny: joked he wrote so fast “even the typewriter can’t keep up.”