Gives us a horrifying glimpse of an alternative world - one where the Allies have lost the Second World War.
Philip Kindred Dick (1928-82) was born in Chicago, but lived most of his life in California. His career as a science fiction writer comprised an early burst of short stories followed by a stream of novels, typically incorporating androids, drugs, and hallucinations. His most famous books include
The Man in the High Castle
,
A Scanner Darkly
and
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
, the inspiration for the movie
Blade Runner
.
Philip K. Dick was een Amerikaanse sciencefiction schrijver die bekend stond om zijn unieke en invloedrijke werk. Zijn verhalen en romans hebben vele lezers geïnspireerd en hebben geleid tot talloze film- en tv-adaptaties.
