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ThefifthandfinalpartofthecompletecollectedstoriesshowsPhilipK.Dickattheveryheightofhisoutstandingpowers.Thetwenty-fivetaleswerewrittenbetween1963and1981,justafewmonthsbeforehedied,andincludetwostorieswhichhavebe
作者简介
PhilipKindredDick(December16,1928–March2,1982)wasanAmericansciencefictionnovelistandshortstorywriterwhoforeshadowedthecyberpunksub-genreandbroughttheanomicworldofCaliforniatohisworks.Dickalsoexploredsociologicalandpoliticalthemesinnovelsdominatedbymonopolisticcorporationsandauthoritariangovernments.Inhislaterworks,Dickdrewuponhisownlifeexperiencesandaddressedthenatureofdruguse,paranoiaandschizophrenia,andreligiousexperienceandtheologyinnovelssuchasAScannerDarklyandVALIS.ThenovelTheManintheHighCastlebridgedthegenresofalternativehistoryandsciencefiction,earningDickaHugoAwardforBestNovelin1963.FlowMyTears,ThePolicemanSaid,anovelaboutacelebritywhoawakensinaparalleluniversewhereheisunknown,wontheJohnW.CampbellMemorialAwardforbestnovelin1975."IwanttowriteaboutpeopleIlove,andputthemintoafictionalworldspunoutofmyownmind,nottheworldweactuallyhave,becausetheworldweactuallyhavedoesnotmeetmystandards,"Dickwroteofthesestories."InmywritingIevenquestiontheuniverse;Iwonderoutloudifitisreal,andIwonderoutloudifallofusarereal."Inadditiontohisnovels,Dickwroteapproximately121shortstories,manyofwhichappearedinsciencefictionmagazines.[1]AlthoughDickspentmostofhiscareerasawriterinnear-poverty,[2]eightofhisstorieshavebeenadaptedintopopularfilmssincehisdeath,includingBladeRunner,TotalRecall,AScannerDarkly,MinorityReport,andImpostor.In2007,DickbecamethefirstsciencefictionwritertobeincludedinTheLibraryofAmericaseries.
