Quote by: Philip K. Dick

Because today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups... So I ask, in my writing, What is real? Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo-realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power: that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind. I ought to know. I do the same thing.


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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