Quote by: Philip K. Dick

A human being without the proper empathy or feeling is the same as an android built so as to lack it, either by design or mistake. We mean, basically, someone who does not care about the fate which his fellow living creatures fall victim to; he stands detached, a spectator, acting out by his indifference John Donne's theorem that 'No man is an island,' but giving that theorem a twist: that which is a mental and a moral island .


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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