Philip K. Dick

Writing

Born 1928-12-16 Died 1982-03-02 Chicago, Illinois, USA 37 credits Tähtivaeltaja Award 2 Readercon Small Press Awards 2

Awards

Nominated for 5 Locus Award for Best Collection Awards

Locus Award for Best Collection 5 nominated

2003 Best Collection Nominated Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick
1988 Best Collection Nominated The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick
1986 Best Collection Nominated I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
1985 Best Collection Nominated Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities
1981 Best Collection Nominated The Golden Man

Nebula Award for Best Novel 4 nominated

1983 Best Novel Nominated The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
1975 Best Novel Nominated Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
1969 Best Novel Nominated Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
1966 Best Novel Nominated The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb

Tähtivaeltaja Award 2 won

1992 Tähtivaeltaja Award Won The Man in the High Castle
1990 Tähtivaeltaja Award Won A Scanner Darkly

Readercon Small Press Awards 2 won

1990 Readercon Small Press Awards Won The Dark-Haired Girl
1989 Readercon Small Press Awards Won Valis

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American short story writer, novelist, and essayist. Dick has been hailed as one of the most original and thought-provoking writers of science fiction. He is regarded as one of the most prolific writers of the form during the mid-twentieth century. Since his death, Dick's work has been the subject of numerous critical studies and cinematic adaptations. Critics praise his short stories as innovative and provocative, contending that Dick's fiction cleverly explores scientific, social, and metaphysical issues of concern to post-World War II America.