Volume II: Adjustment Team: 2 (The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick)

Dick, Philip K.

ISBN 10: 1455814717 ISBN 13: 9781455814718

Verlag: BRILLIANCE CORP, 2015

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Reseña del editor:

This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1954 and is republished here with a brand new introductory biography. "Adjustment Team" is a short story that was eventually adapted into the filmThe Adjustment Bureau in 2011.

Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. Dick and his family moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco when he was young, and later on to Washington DC following his parents divorce. Dick attended Elementary school and then a Quaker school before the family moved back to California. It was around this time that Dick began to take an active interest in the science fiction genre, reading his first magazineStirring Science Stories, at age twelve. Dick married five times between 1959 and 1973, and had three children. He sold his first story in 1951 and from that point on he wrote full-time, selling his first novel in 1955. In addition to 44 published novels, Dick wrote an estimated 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. In addition to 44 published novels, Dick wrote an estimated 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. After his death, many of his stories made the transition to the big screen, with blockbuster films such asBlade Runner, Total Recall, and Minority Report being based on his works.

Biografía del autor:

One of the greatest authors of the 20th century, with a career spanning 3 decades and 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film; notably: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly. Dick won the Hugo Award in 1963 and was inducted into the SF Hall of Fame in 2005, and in 2007 he was the first science fiction to be published by the Library of America.

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• Verlag: BRILLIANCE CORP
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1455814717
• ISBN 13: 9781455814718
• Einband: CD de audio