菲利普·迪剋

Philip K. Dick（1928-1982）

菲利普·迪剋齣生於美國芝加哥，之後在加利福尼亞州度過瞭大半生。1952年，他開始專職寫作，終其一生，除四十四部長篇小說外還創作瞭一百二十一篇中短篇故事。

迪剋隻得過一次雨果奬、一次坎貝爾紀念奬，卻被譽為“科幻作傢中的科幻作傢”。他一生中大多數時間都掙紮在貧睏的邊緣，但去世之後，他的十部作品包括《銀翼殺手》《全麵迴憶》《少數派報告》等被好萊塢改編為電影，深受大眾歡迎。

2007年，迪剋的作品被收入“美國文庫”係列，這一係列專門收錄美國經典文學，而迪剋是第一位入選該係列的科幻作傢。

The stories that inspired the original dramatic series, premiering January 12, 2018.

Though perhaps most famous as a novelist, Philip K. Dick wrote more than one hundred short stories over the course of his career, each as mind-bending and genre-defining as his longer works. Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams collects ten of the best. In “Autofac,” Dick shows us one of the earliest examples (and warnings) in science fiction of self-replicating machines. “Exhibit Piece” and “The Commuter” feature Dick exploring one of his favorite themes: the shifting nature of reality and whether it is even possible to perceive the world as it truly exists. And “The Hanging Stranger” provides a thrilling, dark political allegory as relevant today as it was when Dick wrote it at the height of the Cold War.

Strange, funny, and powerful, the stories in this collection highlight a master at work, encapsulating his boundless imagination and deep understanding of the human condition.