1. PHILIP K. DICK
A WORK OF LUCA TOSCANO AND EDOARDO CARLANDO

2. THE BIOGRAPHY
Born on December 16, 1928 in Chicago and he spent most of his life in Los Angeles, California
The death of his twin sister and the recurrent motif of the "phantom twin" in his books.
A complex relationship with the female genre
In 1949:
• The interest for the science fiction with “Stirring Science
Fiction”
• He attended the Berkeley University, studying German and
Philosophy
Debut with novel Solar Lottery, published in 1955
1950s was a difficult period , he dreamed a career in the mainstream genre.
In 1963 won the Hugo Award
He died in Santa Ana, California in 1982.

3. WORKS
Some of his books inspired many film: Total Recall, Minority Report, Impostor, Screamers and Blade Runner.
The most famous work was:

4. WE CAN BUILD YOU
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Set in 1982, the protagonist
is Louis Rosen, a small
businessman of a company
that made androids based
on Civil War figures
The company complete two
prototypes: Edwin M.
Stanton and Abraham
Lincoln with different
behavior

5. UBIK
Set in 1992, in a years of advanced technology.
The protagonist is Joe Chip, a technician for a
organization involved in the world of psychic
powers. He and others 10 people went to the
moon and fall in a trap.
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6. A SCANNER DARKLY
The protagonist is
Bob Arctor who live
a double life:
member of a
household of drug-
users and an
undercover police
agent as Agent Fred
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Arctor becomes
addicted to "Substance
D”. When he entered in
“New-Path” begins to
experience the
symptoms of Substance
D.

7. THEMES
• The “real” and the construction of personal identity
• Alternate universes and simulacra
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8. •View of the universe
•Mental illness
•Drug use 8
THEME
S

9. • The concept of god
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The Trouble with Bubbles
Fair Game
THEME
S

10. PLOT “DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC
SHEEP”
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Two different
plot
Post-apocalyptic near
future
Rick Deckard J.R. Isidore