Birth Name: Philip Kindred Dick
Occupation: Novelist
Place Of Birth: Chicago
Date Of Birth: December 16, 1928
Date Of Death: March 2, 1982
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: White
Nationality: American
Philip K. Dick was born on the 16th of December, 1928. He was popular for being a Novelist. A renowned American novelist, short story writer, and essayist, he wrote Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?; The Man in the High Castle; A Scanner Darkly, and other classic works of science fiction. He published over forty novels and more than a hundred short stories over the course of his career.
Philip K. Dick was born in Chicago. He briefly studied at the University of California-Berkeley. After publishing his first short story in 1951, he dedicated himself to a literary career. He won the Nebula Award five times and the Hugo Award three times.
Philip K. Dick was a Sagittarius and was born in the Silent Generation.
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Childhood
Philip K. Dick was born in 1920s. The 1920s represented an era of change and growth. The decade was one of learning and exploration. The economic boom and the Jazz Age were over, and America began the period called the Great Depression. Discover what happened on this day.
Philip Kindred Dick is part of the Silent Generation, which followed after the G.I. Generation. As young adults during the McCarthy Era, many members of this generation felt it was dangerous to speak out. They were too young to see action in World War II and too old to participate in the fun of the Summer of Love.
Education
Philip’s Philip Kindred Dick attended Berkeley High School and University of California, Berkeley.
Family
Philip K. Dick’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on Philip K. Dick’s parents.
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Personal Life
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Philip K. Dick was born in the Year of the Dragon.
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| REAL NAME: | Philip Kindred Dick |
| NICKNAME: | Philip |
| RELIGION: | Anglican / Episcopalian |
| AGE GENERATION: | Silent Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Sagittarius |
| BIRTH DAY: | Sunday |
| DEATH DAY: | Tuesday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Philip K. Dick was a Sagittarius. People of this zodiac sign like freedom, travel, philosophy, being outdoors and dislike clingy people, constrained, off-the-wall theories. The strengths of this sign are being generous, idealistic, sense of humor, while weaknesses can be to promise more than can deliver, impatient and say anything no matter how undiplomatic. The greatest overall compatibility with Sagittarius is Gemini and Aries.
Chinese Zodiac: Philip K. Dick was born in the Year of the Serpent. People born under this sign are energetic and excitable. They hate hypocrisy and gossip and can sometimes be a bit arrogant and impatient.
Ruling Planet: Philip K. Dick had a ruling planet of Jupiter and has a ruling planet of Jupiter and by astrological associations Thursday is ruled by Jupiter. This planet represents abundance, prosperity and the principle of expansion. People who are born with Jupirer as the ruling planet are optimistic and have a big appetite for life.
Philip K. Dick’s birth sign is Sagittarius and he had a ruling planet of Jupiter.
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