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Age:53
Birth Date:December 16, 1928
Astrology Sign:Sagittarius
Chinese Sign:Dragon - Yang
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Died Date:March 2, 1982
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Occupation:US novelist

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PHILIP K. DICK
Philip K. Dick

Biography:Philip K. Dick (December 16, 1928 - March 2, 1982) was an American science fiction writer. In addition to thirty-eight books currently in print, Dick produced a number of short stories and minor works which were published in pulp magazines. At least seven of his stories have been adapted into films. Though hailed during his lifetime by peers such as Stanisław Lem, Robert A. Heinlein, and Robert Silverberg, Dick received little general recognition until after his death.

Foreshadowing the cyberpunk sub-genre, Dick brought the anomic world of California to many of his works, exploring sociological and political themes in his early novels and stories while his later work tackled drugs and theology, drawing upon his own life experiences in novels like A Scanner Darkly and VALIS. Alternate universes and simulacra were common plot devices, with fictional worlds inhabited by common working people, rather than galactic elites. "There are no heroics in Dick's books," Ursula K. Le Guin wrote, "but there are heroes. One is reminded of Dickens: what counts is the honesty, constancy, kindness and patience of ordinary people."

His novel, The Man in the High Castle, bridged the genres of alternative history and science fiction, resulting in a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1963. Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said, a novel about a celebrity who wakes up in a parallel universe where he is completely unknown, won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel in 1975. In these stories, Dick wrote about people he loved, placing them in fictional worlds where he questioned the reality of ideas and institutions. "In my writing I even question the universe; I wonder out loud if it is real, and I wonder out loud if all of us are real," Dick wrote.

Dick's stories often descend into seemingly surreal fantasies, with characters discovering that their everyday world is an illusion, emanating either from external entities or from the vicissitudes of an unreliable narrator. "All of his work starts with the basic assumption that there cannot be one, single, objective reality," Charles Platt writes. "Everything is a matter of perception. The ground is liable to shift under your feet. A protagonist may find himself living out another person's dream, or he may enter a drug-induced state that actually makes better sense than the real world, or he may cross into a different universe completely."

These characteristic themes and the atmosphere of paranoia they generate are sometimes described as "Dickian" or "Phildickian."

Achievements: (Filmography)
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Paycheck (2003)
Impostor (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
Blade Runner (1982)

 (Books)
A Scanner Darkly (1977)
Galactic Pot-Healer (1969)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965)
The Man in the High Castle (1962)
Minority Report (1956)
Exegesis


Chinese Horoscope for Philip K. Dick
Includes characteristics and Vices
Philip K. Dick's Chinese Horoscope
Chinese Year: January 23, 1928 - February 09, 1929
Birthday: December 16, 1928

The Dragon is a Yang,
and is the Fifth sign of the Chinese horoscope.

Characteristics:    
Strength
Success
Good Health
Enthusiasm
Pluck
Sentimentality
Vices:
Rigidity
Mistrust
Dissatisfaction
Infatuation
Braggadocio
Volubility


Personality and Character Cards:
Numerology is used to calculate tarot cards

Philip K. Dick's Personality Tarot Card The Hanged Man - Personality Card

Birthday: December 16, 1928

A sacrifice must be made in order to gain something of great value.

Philip K. Dick's Character Tarot Card The Empress - Character Card

Birthday: December 16, 1928

Abundance, fruitfulness and fertility; perhaps marriage or children.


This year's Growth Tarot Card
Based on this year's birthday

Philip K. Dick's Growth Tarot Card Strength

Birthday: December 16, 2023

A time for self-awareness involving courage, strength, and determination.

 

 

 

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