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Fat realized that one of two possibilities existed and only two either Dr. Stone was totally insane – not just insane but totally so – or else in an artful, professional fashion he had gotten Fat to talk he had drawn Fat out and now knew that Fat was totally insane.

Philip K. Dick

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Philip K. Dick
Age: 53 †
Born: 1928
Born: December 16
Died: 1982
Died: March 2
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Philip Kindred Dick
Philip Dick
Richard Phillips
Jack Dowland
Filip K. Dik
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