Philip Kindred Dick (born December 16, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois; †March 2, 1982 in Santa Ana, California) was an influential American science fiction author who also wrote under the pseudonyms Jack Dowland and Richard Phillips. He is best known for his dystopian novels such as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (the basis for the film Blade Runner) and The Oracle of the Mountain. These works, which were repeatedly made into films, made him a visionary pioneer of the cyberpunk genre and inspired numerous film and television productions.
Another example of his lasting impact is the film Total Recall, which is based on Dick’s short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale. Although he was only widely recognized in science fiction fandom during his lifetime, Philip K. Dick is now one of the most important and influential authors in his genre.

Philip K. Dick | Today we live in a society in which spurious realities

"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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Philip K. Dick | The basic tool for the manipulation of reality

"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them."

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