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Can anyone alter fate? All of us combined... or one great figure... or someone strategically placed, who happens to be in the right spot. Chance. Accident. And our lives, our world, hanging on it.

Philip K. Dick

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