Quote by: Philip K. Dick

On one hand she seems so agile, so athletic, and yet I've seen her appear so awkward that it embarrassed me. She gives the impression of a hard, worldly adroitness, and in some situations she's like an adolescent: rigid with ancient, middle class attitudes, unable to think for herself, falling back on old verities...victim of her family teaching, shocked by what shocks people, wanting what people usually want. She wants a home, a husband, and her idea of a husband is a man who earns a certain amount of money, helps around the garden, does the dishes...the idea of a good husband that's found in This Week magazine; a viewpoint from the most ordinary stratum, that great ubiquitous world of family life, transmitted from generation to generation. Despite her wild language.


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Author Bio


  • NamePhilip K. Dick
  • DescriptionAmerican author
  • AliasesRichard Phillips; Jack Dowland; Philip Kindred Dick
  • BornDecember 16, 1928
  • DiedMarch 2, 1982
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionNovelist; Essayist; Science Fiction Writer
  • WorksUbik; Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?; The Man In The High Castle; A Scanner Darkly; Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said; VALIS Trilogy; Second Variety
  • AwardsJohn W. Campbell Memorial Award For Best Science Fiction Novel; Hugo Award For Best Novel; Science Fiction Hall Of Fame; BSFA Award For Best Novel; Hugo Award