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Philip K. Dick

Forfatterbiografi

Philip K. Dick (Philip Kindred Dick) var en amerikansk science fiction-forfatter og novelleforfatter, født 16. december 1928 i Chicago og død 2. marts 1982 i Santa Ana, Californien. Hans prosa bevægede sig ofte i spændingsfeltet mellem klassisk science fiction og beslægtede retninger som paranoid og filosofisk fiktion, hvor det afgørende ikke er teknologien, men oplevelsen af virkeligheden, identiteten og de indre konflikter hos mennesker i en muligvis illusorisk verden. Gennem både romaner og mange kortere tekster skrev han om figurer, der gradvist opdager, at deres hverdag kan være konstrueret af større kræfter eller af et ustabilt virkelighedsbillede. En af hans mest kendte romaner er The Man in the High Castle, som vandt Hugo Award for Best Novel i 1963, og som styrkede hans ry som forfatter af alternativ historie og dystopiske verdener. Han modtog også anerkendelse for Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, der bl.a. vandt John W. Campbell Award. Philip K. Dick har haft stor betydning for eftertidens science fiction og kultur, ikke mindst fordi hans temaer om virkelighedens skrøbelighed og menneskets søgen efter mening har inspireret både forfattere og film- og tv-tilpasninger.

Bøger af Philip K. Dick

'Drømmer androider om elektriske får?'
'Drømmer androider om elektriske får?'

Lydbog | Dansk

Romanen bag filmen "Blade Runner". Året er 1992 og jorden er forurenet af radioaktivt støv efter en altødelæggende verdenskrig. Jorden er gold og affolket, og der hæges om det sparsomme ægte menneskeliv, der er tilbage. Rick Deckard får til opga

'Mary and the Giant'
'Mary and the Giant'

Bog | Engelsk

Mary Anne Reynolds is a young and vulnerable woman, determined to make her own way in the world. But Pacific Park, California, in the 1950s is not really the place for Mary. Her relationship with a black singer offends against the small town's views o

'The Man in the High Castle'
'The Man in the High Castle'

Bog | Engelsk

"The Man in the High Castle" er science fiction-forfatteren Phillip K. Dicks overraskende og dybe roman, der udforsker, hvad der ville være sket, hvis verdenshistorien havde udfoldet sig anderledes. "The Man in the High Castle" finder

'Time Out Of Joint'
'Time Out Of Joint'

Bog | Engelsk

Ragle Gumm is an ordinary man leading an ordinary life, except that he makes his living by entering a newspaper contest every day - and winning, every day. But he gradually begins to suspect that his life - indeed his whole world - is an illusion, constru

'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?'
'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?'

Bog | Engelsk

"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" er Philip K. Dicks banebrydende science fiction-klassiker, der især er blevet kendt for at være forlæg for Ridley Scotts blockbusterfilm "Blade Runner" fra 1982. "Do Androids Dream of Electri

'The Divine Invasion'
'The Divine Invasion'

Bog | Engelsk

Exiled for 2,000 years God must retake the Earth from the clutches of his nemesis using a man caught between life and death as His vessel. God is in exile. The only man who can help is clinically dead. Herb Asher, an audio engineer by trade, is in suspend

'Counter-Clock World'
'Counter-Clock World'

Bog | Engelsk

Pre-empting novels such as the Booker Prize-winning Times Arrow by as much as twenty years, Counter-Clock world is a story of racial tensions told against the background of the year 1998 in which time flows in reverse as people are born old only to grow y

'The Man in the High Castle'
'The Man in the High Castle'

Bog | Engelsk

A dazzling speculative novel of 'counterfactual history' from one of America's most highly-regarded science fiction authors, Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle includes an introduction by Eric Brown in Penguin Modern Classics. Phi

'The Man in the High Castle'
'The Man in the High Castle'

Bog | Engelsk

"The Man in the High Castle" er Philip K. Dicks kontrafaktiske science-fiction fortælling om en forfatters liv i en frygtelig alternativ verden, hvor nazisterne har vundet anden verdenskrig I denne dystopiske mareridtsverden har de allierede tab

'The Simulacra'
'The Simulacra'

Bog | Engelsk

A prescient tale of political satire set in a near future America by a master of the genre A few years from now the President of the USA will be an android and his entire government a fraud. Everyone in the country is maladjusted. Doesn't seem possibl

'A Maze of Death'
'A Maze of Death'

Bog | Engelsk

Fourteen people arrive on the strange planet of Delmak-O; they have nothing in common other than a desire to make a fresh start. And they have no idea why they are there and no way of escaping. And then the first murder takes place ...

'Galactic Pot-Healer'
'Galactic Pot-Healer'

Bog | Engelsk

Joe Fernwright works as a pot-healer, a repairer of ceramics, in a dull future where there isn't much call for his skills. He's broke and bored when the offer from the Glimmung comes along. It might just be the answer to both his financial and spi

'The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch'
'The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch'

Bog | Engelsk

In the overcrowded world and cramped space colonies of the late 21st century, tedium can be endured through the use of the drug Can-D, which enables the user to inhabit a shared illusory world. When industrialist Palmer Eldritch returns from an interstell

'The Penultimate Truth'
'The Penultimate Truth'

Bog | Engelsk

A masterly tale of political deception from the most significant writer of SF in the 20th century World War III is raging - or so the millions of people crammed in their underground tanks believe. For fiteen years, subterranean humanity has been fed on da

'The Zap Gun'
'The Zap Gun'

Bog | Engelsk

Scaldingly sarcastic yet enduringly empathetic, THE ZAP GUN is Dick's remarkable novel depicting the insanity of the arms race. Lars Powderdry and Lilo Topchev are counterpart weapons fashion designers for a world divided into two factions - Wes-bloc

'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?'
'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?'

Bog | Engelsk

The science fiction masterpiece behind the cult classic films Bladerunner and Bladerunner 2049. World War Terminus had left the Earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalked, in search of the renegade replicants who were his prey

'Eye In The Sky'
'Eye In The Sky'

Bog | Engelsk

Dreams, nightmares and realities: a classic by the author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? What begins as an ordinary laboratory visit turns into a bizarre and apocalyptic experience when a particle-light beam slices across the visitors' paths,

The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
The Transmigration of Timothy Archer

Bog | Engelsk

Episcopal bishop Timothy Archer is haunted by the suicides of his son and mistress, and must cope with the implications of the discovery of a religious artefact. These events drive him into a quest for the identity of Christ. The Transmigration of Timothy

'Puttering About in a Small Land'
'Puttering About in a Small Land'

Bog | Engelsk

Written in the late 1950s but unpublished until after his death, this is one of Dick's greatest realistic novels When Roger and Virginia Lindhal enroll their son Gregg in Mrs Alt's Los Padres Valley School in the mountains of Southern California,

'Lies, Inc.'
'Lies, Inc.'

Bog | Engelsk

A masterwork by Philip K. Dick, this is the final, expanded version of the novellla THE UNTELEPORTED MAN, which Dick worked on shortly before his death. In LIES, INC ., fans of the science fiction legend will immediately recognise his hallmark themes of l

'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?'
'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?'

Bog | Engelsk

World War Terminus devastated the Earth. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard searches for the renegade replicants he is sent to 'retire', while he dreams of owning a live animal - the ultimate status symbol in a world all but bereft of n

'Minority Report'
'Minority Report'

Bog | Engelsk

'One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction' Sunday Times With a new introduction by Justina Robson Imagine a future where crimes can be detected before they are committed, and criminals are convicted and sentenced for crim

'Dr Bloodmoney'
'Dr Bloodmoney'

Bog | Engelsk

Seven years after the day of the bombs, Point Reyes was luckier than most places. Its people were reasonably normal - except for the girl with her twin brother growing inside her, and talking to her. Their barter economy was working. Their resident genius

'Blade Runner'
'Blade Runner'

Bog | Engelsk

As the eagerly-anticipated new film Blade Runner 2049 finally comes to the screen, rediscover the world of Blade Runner . . . World War Terminus had left the Earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalked, in search of the renegad

'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams'
'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams'

Bog | Engelsk

Based on the stories contained in this volume, the ten-part anthology series, Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica, Outlander) and Michael Dinner (Justified, Masters

'Ubik'
'Ubik'

Bog | Engelsk

Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone died in the explosion orchestrated by his business rivals, but even as his funeral is scheduled, his mourning employees are receiving bewildering messages from their boss. And the world around them is warping and r

'The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch'
'The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch'

Bog | Engelsk

In the overcrowded world and cramped space colonies of the late twenty-first century, tedium can be endured through the use of the drug Can-D, which enables the user to inhabit a shared illusory world. But when industrialist Palmer Eldritch returns from a

'Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said'
'Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said'

Bog | Engelsk

Jason Taverner has a glittering TV career, millions of fans, great wealth and something close to eternal youth. He is one of a handful of brilliant, beautiful people, the product of top-secret government experiments forty years earlier. But suddenly, all

'Valis'
'Valis'

Bog | Engelsk

It began with a blinding light, a divine revelation from a mysterious intelligence that called itself VALIS. And with that, the fabric of reality was ripped open and laid bare so that anything seemed possible, but nothing seemed quite right. Part science

'Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said'
'Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said'

Bog | Engelsk

Another classic novel from the world's greatest writer of science fiction Jason Taverner is a Six, the result of top secret government experiments forty years before which produced a handful of unnaturally bright and beautiful people ... and he's

'Martian Time-Slip'
'Martian Time-Slip'

Bog | Engelsk

Mars is a desolate world. Largely forgotten by Earth, the planet remains helpless in the stranglehold of Arnie Kott, who as boss of the plumber's union has a monopoly over the vital water supply. Arnie Kott is obsessed by the past; the native Bleekmen

'A Scanner Darkly'
'A Scanner Darkly'

Bog | Engelsk

A brilliant sci-fi novel from one of the last century's most influential pop culture figures Substance D - otherwise known as Death - is the most dangerous drug ever to find its way on to the black market. It destroys the links between the brain's

'Ubik'
'Ubik'

Bog | Engelsk

A classic science fiction tale of artifical worlds by one of the great American writers of the 20th century Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone died in the explosion orchestrated by his business rivals, but even as his funeral is scheduled, his mourn

'The Man In The High Castle'
'The Man In The High Castle'

Bog | Engelsk

'Dick's best work, and the most memorable alternative world tale...ever written' SCIENCE FICTION: THE 100 BEST NOVELS It is 1962 and the Second World War has been over for seventeen years: people have now had a chance to adjust to the new orde

'The Man In The High Castle'
'The Man In The High Castle'

Bog | Engelsk

'Dick's best work, and the most memorable alternative world tale...ever written' SCIENCE FICTION: THE 100 BEST NOVELS It is 1962 and the Second World War has been over for seventeen years: people have now had a chance to adjust to the new orde

'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'
'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'

Bog | Engelsk

A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade Runner By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who

'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'
'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'

Bog | Engelsk

World War Terminus had left the Earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalked, in search of the renegade replicants who were his prey. When he wasn't 'retiring' them with his laser weapon, he dreamed of owning a live

'Minority Report'
'Minority Report'

Bog | Engelsk

Imagine a future where crimes can be detected before they are committed, and criminals are convicted and sentenced for crimes before committing them. This is the scenario of Philip K. Dick's classic story, now filmed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom

'Second Variety'
'Second Variety'

Bog | Engelsk

"Second Variety" is a science fiction short story written by Philip K. Dick. It was first published in 1953 and is part of Dick's collection of short stories. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic future where Earth is devastated by war, an

'A Scanner Darkly'
'A Scanner Darkly'

Bog | Engelsk

A brilliant sci-fi novel from one of the last century's most influential pop culture figures Substance D - otherwise known as Death - is the most dangerous drug ever to find its way on to the black market. It destroys the links between the brain's

'The Philip K. Dick Short Story Collection'
'The Philip K. Dick Short Story Collection'

Bog | Engelsk

Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and philosopher whose published work is almost entirely accepted as being in the science fiction genre. Philip K. Dick published 44 novels and 121 stories during his short lifetime

'Beyond Lies the Wub'
'Beyond Lies the Wub'

Bog | Engelsk

This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1952 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Beyond Lies the Wub' is a short story about a curious pig-like alien and its unusual intelligence. Philip K

'Radio Free Albemuth'
'Radio Free Albemuth'

Bog | Engelsk

A philosophical science fiction novel from Hugo Award-winning author Philip K. Dick, Radio Free Albemuth is a visionary alternate history of a dystopian United States, full of the conspiracy theories and religious themes that became the foundation for his

'A Scanner Darkly'
'A Scanner Darkly'

Bog | Engelsk

Winner of the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel, Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly is a semi-autobiographical novel of drug addiction set in a future American dystopia -- and the basis for the Hugo Award finalist film starring K

'Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said'
'Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said'

Bog | Engelsk

Winner of the John W. Campbell Award and a Hugo and Nebula award nominee, Philip K. Dick's Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said is a rollicking chase story that combines altered reality, genetic enhancement, and drug use into a dystopian setting to creat

'Valis'
'Valis'

Bog | Engelsk

VALIS is the first novel in a mesmerizing, science-fiction philosophical trilogy by Philip K. Dick, the Hugo Award-winning author of The Man in the High Castle and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? --the basis for the film Blade Runner. "Dick is o

'Transmigration of Timothy Archer'
'Transmigration of Timothy Archer'

Bog | Engelsk

From Philip K. Dick, the Hugo Award-winning author of The Man in the High Castle and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?-- the basis for the film Blade Runner --comes The Transmigration of Timothy Archer, the conclusion of the VALIS trilogy, bringing the

'Valis'
'Valis'

Bog | Engelsk

It began with a blinding light, a divine revelation from a mysterious intelligence that called itself VALIS (Vast Active Living Intelligence System). And with that, the fabric of reality was torn apart and laid bare so that anything seemed possible, but n

'The Minority Report and Other Stories'
'The Minority Report and Other Stories'

Lydbog | Engelsk

Viewed by many as the greatest science fiction writer on any planet, Philip K. Dick has written some of the most intriguing, original and thought-provoking fiction of our time. This collection includes stories that will make you lough, cringe...and stop a

'The Philip K. Dick Collection - Unabridged'
'The Philip K. Dick Collection - Unabridged'

Bog | Engelsk

Philip K. Dick is universally acknowledged as one of the most imaginative and brilliant science fiction writers of the 20th century. His novels and short stories have been adapted for the screen numerous times - "Blade Runner," "Total Recal

'The Philip K. Dick Collection - Unabridged'
'The Philip K. Dick Collection - Unabridged'

Bog | Engelsk

Philip K. Dick is universally acknowledged as one of the most imaginative and brilliant science fiction writers of the 20th century. His novels and short stories have been adapted for the screen numerous times - "Blade Runner," "Total Recal

'The Exegesis of Philip K Dick'
'The Exegesis of Philip K Dick'

Bog | Engelsk

Based on thousands of pages of typed and handwritten notes, journal entries, letters, and story sketches, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick is the magnificent and imaginative final work of an author who dedicated his life to questioning the nature of reality

'Ubik'
'Ubik'

Bog | Dansk

Ubik er en kultklassiker inden for science fiction-litteraturen. I 2009 blev titlen udråbt af Time Magazine som en af de 100 bedste bøger, der er udkommet siden 1923.I en ikke så fjern fremtid har menneskene lært at bruge clairvoyance til industrispionage

'Drømmer androider om elektriske får?'
'Drømmer androider om elektriske får?'

Bog | Dansk

Romanen bag filmen "Blade Runner".Året er 1992 og jorden er forurenet af radioaktivt støv efter en altødelæggende verdenskrig. Jorden er gold og affolket, og der hæges om det sparsomme ægte menneskeliv, der er tilbage. Rick Deckard får til opgav

'Philip K. Dick'
'Philip K. Dick'

Bog | Engelsk

Known in his lifetime primarily to readers of science fiction, Philip K. Dick is now seen as a uniquely visionary figure, a writer who, in editor Jonathan Lethem's words, "wielded a sardonic yet heartbroken acuity about the plight of being alive

'Valis'
'Valis'

Lydbog | Engelsk

What is VALIS? This question is at the heart of Philip K. Dick's groundbreaking novel, the first book in his defining trilogy. When a beam of pink light begins giving a schizophrenic man named Horselover Fat (who just might also be known as Philip K.

'Philip K. Dick'
'Philip K. Dick'

Bog | Engelsk

Jonathan Lethem, editor "The most outr? science fiction writer of the 20th century has finally entered the canon," exclaimed Wired Magazine upon The Library of America's May 2007 publication of Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s , edit

'The Philip K. Dick Collection'
'The Philip K. Dick Collection'

Bog | Engelsk

The Philip K. Dick Collection indeholder følgende af Philip K. Dicks romaner: The man in the high castle The three stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Do androids dream of electric sheep? Ubik Martian time-slip Dr. Bloodmoney, or how we got along after the bomb N