The events of the book all happen in the year of 2021, so one can appreciate the timeliness of it all. In a world where humans have no choice but to care for the animals to prevent mass extinction, and where androids are slaves who, after murdering their masters, make their escape to earth. Rick Deckard is a bounty hunter who has seemingly awoken to a world racked by catastrophe by means of a nuclear war. The cyberpunk novel was published in the year of 1968. Dick’s best book of all time, but we are liable to change our minds. We would go so far as to name the book as being Philip K. Dick books are.ĭo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is one of the most popular Philip K. With that said, let’s see what the best Philip K. It was in 1940 that Philip had his first brush with sci-fi, reading a magazine named Stirring Science Stories and the rest is history. When Philip was five years old, Joseph wanted to move again to Reno, Nevada, because of his work, but Dorothy took a stand, and the two divorced. Philip’s family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. Many of Philip’s works incorporate a kind of phantom twin. Sadly, only six weeks following her birth, Jane, Philip’s twin sister passed away. Philip’s parents were Dorothy Edgar Dick and Joseph Edgar Dick, a man that worked for the US Department of Agriculture.

The two were born a whopping six weeks prematurely.

Philip was born as a twin with a sister Jane Charlotte Dick.

Vulcan'ın Çekici by Philip K. Dick