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Who is Philip K Dick

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Do you dream of Philip K. Dick?

The first time I encountered Philip K Dick was in the 10th grade when I was working at the local library as a clerk. I spent most of my time "working" actually holed up in the stacks reading books. One of those books was Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, so naturally I was totally confused when I first saw the movie Blade Runner in a double-feature with The Road Warrior and it turned out to be loosely based on the PKD book instead of being based upon another book I'd also read in the stacks, The Blade Runner, by Alan E. Nourse.

Despite the fact that Blade Runner is only loosely based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, it's profound effect on me sent me back to the library and I started devouring everything PKD wrote. Like most fans, I've also seen most of the movies based on his work and Blade Runner still remains my favorite.

I still need to see A Scanner Darkly and Next.

Philip K Dick Online

Philip K. Dick - Official Site
Official site of science fiction author, Philip K. Dick.
philipkdickfans.com
Unofficial Fan Site for PKD
Philip K. Dick on IMDB
Philip K. Dick's IMDB Page -- lists all of the movies & tv shows based on his novels and short stories -- good source for non-English listings.
The Philip K Dick Bookshelf - Home Page
The PKD Bookshelf includes cover art for all the different editions of PKD's work ever released.
The Second Coming of Philip K Dick - Wired Magazine
This is an excellent article about Dick's influence on movies -- it covers both movies specifically based on his works, and more interestingly, movies that are clearly influenced by his work, such as The Matrix, The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

"Memory, paranoia, alternate realities: Dick's themes are everywhere."

Blade Runner Final Cut on DVD

This time for sure it's the really real director's cut of Blade Runner... or at least we think so.

If you're already a big PKD fan, you're aware that the "Director's Cut" of Blade Runner isn't really a Director's Cut. Ridley Scott just didn't have the time to do with it what he wanted so they threw in a few extra scenes, cut the voice-over and the sappy happy ending and called it a day.

But Ridley Scott was always unhappy with leaving it at that, so he has finally taken the time to do it right and we get to have Blade Runner as it was meant to be on December 18, 2007.

Now all you have to do is select which edition of it you want and what format -- regular DVD, Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. As for which edition, there are so many your head may start spinning.
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Some Favorite Philip K Dick Novels

Philip K Dick wrote over 45 novels, most of them currently in print due to his ever increasing popularity since his death. These are just a couple of my particular favorites.
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The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick

PKD wrote about 121 short stories and all of them are collected in these editions.
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Philip K Dick on Flickr

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  • nahum Nov 25, 2008 @ 5:36 am | delete
    Heya, I've only read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and saw the movie. Loved both of them. Great job :)
  • Tolovus Sep 23, 2007 @ 8:54 am | delete
    Wow, I didn't realize there were that many movies based on PKD's work... Good Lens!
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