Philip K. Dick was a novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His work is categorized as science fiction. In his novels, Dick writes about altered states, the future, and authoritarian governments. His later wrks focused on his ideas about metaphysics and theology. Dick created stories like no other, and was often able to form a bridge between two genres in his novels, such as alternate history and science fiction. Dick has published 44 novels, 121 short stories, and out of his work ten popular movies have been created. In 2007, Dick became the first science fiction author to be included in the Library of America series.
Dick's stories focus on the fragile nature of what is "real" and the construction of personal identity.
He writes about surreal fantasies and how the main characters soon discover that their reality is being controlled and dictated by powerful external entities. For Dick, everything is a matter of perception.
Alternate universes and simulacra are common plot devices used in his stories, and he never has a true hero. Hi major theme in is work is "What constitutes the authentic human being?"
Dick is a true artist and is a genius. His stories, as bizarre as some of them are, are insightful and make the reader think about themselves as a person.
"I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own mind, not the world we actually have, because the world we actually have does not meet my standards. In my writing, I even question the universe; I wonder out loud if it is real, and I wonder out loud if all of us are real." --- Philip K. Dick
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