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Philip K. Dick
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Arts, Music & MediaWho is Philip K. Dick in the Agency editorial?
Philip K. Dick (1928 to 1982) was an American science fiction writer. Issue.9 names him once, in the section 9.3.4 Cinema, as the writer of the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the original story of the film Blade Runner.
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Philip K. Dick was an American science fiction writer, author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and The Man in the High Castle. In the Agency editorial he is named in one sentence of Issue.9, in the section 9.3.4 Cinema. The edition recommends Blade Runner, a 1982 film with Harrison Ford as the detective and android hunter Rick Deckard, and says the original story was written by Philip K. Dick in the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The edition does not discuss the book or the writer further.
Key facts
- Which edition names Philip K. Dick?
- Issue.9, Metareality, in the section 9.3.4 Cinema. He is named once, in the author's prose.
- What does the edition say about him?
- That he wrote the original story of Blade Runner, in the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
- How does the edition describe Blade Runner?
- As a movie from 1982 that represents the true cornerstone of a sci-fi dystopia in cinema, with Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard.
Who is Philip K. Dick?
Philip K. Dick was an American science fiction writer, born in 1928 and dead in 1982, the year Blade Runner was released. His novels include Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) and The Man in the High Castle. The dates and the second title come from outside the edition and are marked for verification.
How does Philip K. Dick appear in Issue.9?
In the section 9.3.4 Cinema of Issue.9, the author introduces Harrison Ford's character Rick Deckard and presents Blade Runner as a 1982 film. The paragraph ends by saying that the original story was written by Philip K. Dick in the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? That sentence is the only mention of him in the editions.
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Where this entry comes from in the Agency editorial.