Facts about Philip K. Dick

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   The Man in the High Castle won Philip K. Dick the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1963, his only major award during his lifetime.

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   Many of Philip K. Dick's most celebrated novels, including The Man in the High Castle, were written during the 1960s when he was living in poverty and struggling financially.

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   Philip K. Dick sold the film rights to Blade Runner in 1982, just months before his death, for $400,000 despite the studio's initial reluctance to adapt his 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.

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   Over 44 published novels and 121 short stories were written by Philip K. Dick during his 53-year career, establishing him as one of the most prolific science fiction authors of the 20th century.

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   In 1974, Philip K. Dick experienced a series of mystical visions he called 2-3-74, which he spent the remaining 8 years of his life attempting to interpret and document.

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