The Best of Philip K. Dick
$50.63
- Paperback
230 pages
- Release Date
12 February 2013
Summary
Philip K. Dick didn’t predict the future- he summoned the desperate bleakness of our present directly from his fevered paranoia. Dick didn’t predict the Internet or iPhones or email or 3D printers, but rather he so thoroughly understood human nature that he could already see, even at the advent of the transistor, the way technology would alienate us from each other and from ourselves. He could see us isolated and drifting in our own private realities even before we had plugged in our ear b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780615561189 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0615561187 |
| Author: | Philip K. Dick, David Gill |
| Publisher: | Echo Point Books & Media |
| Imprint: | Echo Point Books & Media |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 230 |
| Release Date: | 12 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 13mm |
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Philip K. Dick
Over a writing career that spanned three decades, Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralized power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned toward deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film; notably: “Blade Runner” (based on “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”), “Total Recall”, “Minority Report”, and “A Scanner Darkly”. The recipient of critical acclaim and numerous awards th
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