Biography
Philip Dick, whose trilogies are trying to aphorisms and quotes, in the readership of the world called the destroyer of reality. The writer composed his stories and novels in a special genre: He masterfully places "normal heroes" into a strange situation. The reader watches the actions of the characters who plunge into the world of scientific fiction entourage. According to the works of this author, whose personal life is saturated with interesting events, not one Hollywood film, as well as serials.Childhood and youth
The future writer was born in the city of Chicago (Illinois, USA), this event occurred on December 16, 1928. It is noteworthy that Philip Kidred Dick was born a premature child, for 6 weeks before the term, together with his sister-twin Jane.
Unfortunately, the girl died in 6 weeks. The true cause of death is not known, but long-term Jane died out of malnutrition. This terrible event was deeply affected by the author's life: in his works there are motives of the "Ghost Gemini". Also Dick all his life vinyl his parents and accused of negligence. In his opinion, they are to blame for so early death of a little girl.
Parents Philip, Dorothy and Joseph, worked for the United States Ministry of Agriculture. It is also known that the grandfather and grandmother Dick in the father's line were Irish.
Later, the Filip family moved to the San Francisco Bay area. When the boy was five years old, his father was transferred to the city of Reno, which is located in Nebraska. Joseph's wife refused to go with him, which was the cause of the divorce. Both parents fought for the right of custody of the Son, by the decision of the court, Filip remained with his mother.
To raise your child to your feet, Dorothy got a job and moved along with the son of Washington. In this city, Philip was enrolled in the primary school of John ITON. Still at the school teacher noticed that the boy shows an interest in telling adventure stories.
In the summer of 1938, the mother and son returned to California again, and it was at that time a boy became interested in science fiction: he read his first science fiction magazine Stirring Science Stories in 1940, aged 12 years.
It is noteworthy that Philip Dick attended high school in Berkeley. He and the author of Sci-fi books Ursula Le Guin were members of a graduation class (1947), but were not familiar at that time. After receiving the certificate of middle education, the Dick brought a short time at the University of Berkeley.
Literature
Philip Dick declared itself as a fiction writer in the 1950s. Filip began his career with stories that were printed in cheap boulevard magazines. But despite this, the author developed his unique style, which distinguished him from colleagues in the workshop. It is worth saying that the Creativity of Philip had a huge influence of Anthony Burscher, to which the man dedicated the work of "kill."
In 1954, from under the pen, his debut novel called "Solar Lottery", as well as a popular story "Gorodishko". In 1957, the reading public saw the book "Eyes in the sky". Despite positive feedback and reviews, Dick himself treated his activities critically and even said that he would not write anymore. For some time, Philip Dick was faithful to his promise.
In 1962, Dick published a novel "Man in a High Castle". The plot of books transfers the reader to the former United States. Events unfold 15 years after World War II and victory over the coalition of Adolf Hitler.
Also, the Bibliography of Dick was replenished with the following works: "Time communication broke out", "Dr. Death, or how we lived after the bomb", "three stigmatics of Palmer Eldrich", etc.
In 1976, the book "Lord Of Wrath" was published. This postpocalyptic novel was published together with another American writer - Roger Zelazny. The reader learns about the life of mankind, who managed to survive a nuclear war. The book describes the journey of Tibor McMaster. The main character is an artist and disabled, devoid of limbs, which travels to the destroyed world.
In 1968, Philip Dick wrote the novel "Does the Androids do about the electrolytsy dream of?", Based on which the director Ridley Scott removed the film "Razor Running Bolder", where Harrison Ford was fulfilled.
The concept of the novel is as follows: the action takes place in 1992, a catacomb remained from the ground after World War. To protect the remaining residents from the action of radioactive dust, the UN offers humanity to move to extraterrestrial colonies. As a bonus - people provide any android to choose from.
In 1970, the book "Labyrinth of Death" was published, and in 1978 Dick published a novel called Valis. Philip Dick's last book was published in 1982. It is called "deception IncorPed".
It is noteworthy that in the winter of the 2007 Publishing House Tor Books released the wisest of the Writer "Voice from Street", which Dick wrote back in 1952-1953.
If we talk about the influence of Philip Dick on literature and cinema, then it is not found in him as one of the main visuals of modernity. If earlier the work of the author was interested in readers who adore science fiction, then after the film Ridley Scott, the name of the writer learned almost the entire world of the film industry.
Also, his books were shielded by Paul Verkhovlen ("Remember everything"), John Wu ("Railing Hour"), Stephen Spielberg ("Special Opinion"). It is known that Richard Linklater removed the animation picture of "clouds", where the main roles were performed by Keanu Rivz and Winon Rider.
Personal life
Personal life Philip Dick is difficult, the author was married as much as five times, and his last marriage broke up in 1976. The third wife told in an interview that Philip often recalled the death of his sister.
Also, from the biography of the author, it is known that in childhood he suffered from agoraphobia, and also visited the visions. All these events were reflected in his work.
In addition, during the life of Philip Dick, three times came to a psychiatric hospital because of the narcotic dependence, where the attending physician responded to him as "friendly and compassionate".
Death
On March 23, 1972, Dick attempted suicide due to depression, but the miracle survived. The writer died on March 2, 1982. The cause of the author's death is stroke.Bibliography
- 1950 - "Time to gather"
- 1952 - "Voice from Street"
- 1953 - "Volcano Hammer"
- 1953 - "Doctor Future"
- 1953 - "Puppets of the Universe"
- 1957 - "Space Mariings"
- 1954 - "Solar Lottery"
- 1954 - "The world who built Jones"
- 1955 - "Oco Heavenly"
- 1968 - "Death Labyrinth"