Drawn portrait of Philip K. Dick by Pete Welsch (2007)
Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982), better known as Philip K. Dick, was an American science fiction author.
Some of his works are
- "Second Variety" (1953) -- inspired the movie Screamers
- The Man In the High Castle (1963 Hugo Award winner)
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) -- basis of the movie Blade Runner
- We Can Remember It for You Wholesale: and Other Classic Stories, an anthology with an introduction by Norman Spinrad (1987)
Mr. Dick and Ursula K. Le Guin were high school classmates, although the two did not know each other at the time (according to Wikipedia).