![]() In the last year of his life, the film Blade Runner was made from his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? More recently, Dick's short story The Minority Report inspired Steven Spielberg's movie of the same title. Here, readers will find Dick's initial explorations of the themes he so brilliantly brought to life in his later work.ĭick won the prestigious Hugo Award for the best novel of 1963 for The Man in the High Castle. This collection draws from the writer's earliest short and medium-length fiction (including several previously unpublished stories), written during the years 1952-1955, and features such fascinating stories as Paycheck (adapted as a major motion picture starring Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman), Beyond Lies the Wub, The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford, The Variable Man, and many others. Dick Society is devoted to the study and promulgation of his works. Dick Award is now presented annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount, and his reputation has been enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. Dick to have been the greatest science fiction writer on any planet. Dick are awe inspiring." - The Washington Post ![]() With a Preface by the Author and an Introduction by Roger Zelazny ![]()
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