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UNINA9910810371803321 |
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Autore |
Butler Andrew M |
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Titolo |
The pocket essential Philip K. Dick / / Andrew M. Butler |
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Harpenden, : Pocket Essentials, 2000 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (149 p.) |
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Collana |
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Pocket essentials. Literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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