Phillip K. Dick Research

The Extraordinary Life and Influence of Philip K Dick – Neon Dystopia

Full Name: Phillip Kindred Dick
He was born in 1978 during December in Chicago
He had a twin sister named Jane that unfortunately passed away just weeks after their birth due to an apparent allergic reaction to their mothers milk
After Dick's parents got divorced, his mother gained custody of him and they moved to Berkley California where Dick pursued majority of his life
He first became a published author in 1952 after releasing his short story titled "Roog"
Just a few years later he published his first novel titled "Solar Lottery"
For the next two decades after he published his first couple stories, Dick wrote many pieces of work in which majority focused on A.I. or Sci-Fi related settings/plots
One of his novels that won a Hugo Award was "The Man In The High Castle"
Dick had a very hectic personal lifestyle

Due to Dick's drug problem he had taken a break from writing for many years
He began writing again in 1974 releasing his Campbell awarded novel "Flow My Tears, The Policemen Said"
During the same year, Dick experinced a life changing interaction with God, or something similar to a God, that forever changed his perception of life
After that, all of his novels were about his experiences during this interactions and his relationship with this new God-like being

Sometimes Dick found this feeling and interaction liberating, other times it seems as if he was exhibiting symptoms of schizophrenia

Dick was also not a very wealthy writer because he mainly worked for low-income Science Fiction publishing companies
The movie Blade Runner was based off of Dick's novel titrled "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" This novel is where he recieved most of his money that eventually helped with his financial stability

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