1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783027703321

Autore

Butler Andrew M

Titolo

Philip K. Dick [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oldcastle Books, 2012

ISBN

1-84243-919-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 p.)

Disciplina

813.54

Soggetti

Dick, Philip K. -- Criticism and interpretation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Acknowledgement; Contents; 1.  Philip K. Dick: Beyond the Veil; 2.  Learning the Ropes 1941-1953; 3.  A Double Life 1954-1960; 4.  At the Peak 1961-1969; 5.  Over the Edge? 1970-1982; 6.  Selected Short Fiction; 7.  Non-Fiction; 8.  Collaborations; 9.  Reference Materials; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

Who was Dick? A freaked-out junkie who took too many drugs? An explorer of madness who go too close to his subject and ended up claiming to have met God? A practical joker? The most consistently brilliant SF writer in the world?  At a time when most SF was about cowboys in outer space, Dick explored the landscapes of the mind, conjured fake realities and was able to make you believe six impossible things before breakfast. He embodied the counter-culture a decade before the 1960's.  Perhaps best known for Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? - the novel which inspired Blade Runner - Dick's