Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview : And Other Conversations - Softcover

Philip K. Dick; David Streitfeld

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612195261 ISBN 13: 9781612195261

Publisher: MELVILLE HOUSE PUBLISHING, 2016

Synopsis

Long before Ridley Scott transformed Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) into Blade Runner (Warner Bros., 1982), Philip K. Dick was banging away at his typewriter in relative obscurity, ostracised by the literary establishment. Today he is widely considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. These interviews reveal a man plagued by bouts of manic paranoia and failed suicide attempts; a career fuelled by alcohol, amphetamines and mystical inspiration - and, above all, a magnificent and generous imagination at work.

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About the Author

Philip K. Dick was a writer of science fiction who published 45 novels and 121 short stories over the course of his lifetime. Much of his work has been adapted to film, most notably Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968), which became Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (Warner Bros., 1982) Dick was the recipient of a Hugo Award in 1963 and 1974, and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005; in 2007, he became the first science fiction writer to be included in the Library of America series. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages. David Streitfeld is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has covered books, business and technology for the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. He is currently a columnist for the New York Times, covering technology.

Edition details

• Publisher: MELVILLE HOUSE PUBLISHING
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1612195261
• ISBN 13: 9781612195261
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112