Philip K. Dick
Philip Kindred Dick was born on 16 December 1928 in Chicago and died on 2 March 1982 in Santa Ana, California. Dick was one of the greatest sci-fi writers of the past century, as well as a precursor of the cyberpunk genre. His many stories and novels explored philosophical and social themes such as computer simulation, the perception of reality, the control exerted by authoritarian governments, and the manipulation of truth. Amongst his most renowned works we find Ubik, The man in the high castle, A scanner Darkly, and Do androids dream of electric sheep?, which inspired the film Blade Runner.