PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) was born in Chicago but lived in California for most of his life. He went to college at Berkeley for a year, ran a record store and had his own classical-music show on a local radio station. He published his first short story, 'Beyond Lies the Wub' in 1952. Among his many fine novels are THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, TIME OUT OF JOINT, DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? and FLOW MY TEARS, THE POLICEMAN SAID.For more information visit www.philipkdick.com
A fitting tribute to a great philosophical writer who found science fiction the ideal form for the expression of his ideas - The Independent My literary hero - Fay Weldon An elusive and incomparable artist - Ursula K. Le Guin No other writer of his generation had such a powerful intellectual presence. He stamped himself not only on our memories but in our imaginations - Brian Aldiss
