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In this dark world where he now dwelt, ugly things and surprising things and once in a long while a tiny wondrous thing spilled out at him constantly he could count on nothing.

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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