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There is a significant amount of writing where Philip K. Dick (or his alike) is an acting character or mentioned in some role or where the writing very directly refers to him. Blogpost (German)

The listing on this page are (for the time being) not entirely complete, for the English titles not all publications are mentioned, i. e. you may find the short stories in other publications. First (English) publications should be mentioned for all publications, though.

Short Stories

• Uwe Anton: Welcome to Reality in Welcome to Reality, Broken Arrow Press (1991)*
• Michael Armstrong: Everything That Rises, Must Converge in Asimov's Science Fiction, February 1993
• Michael Bishop
• Rogue Tomato in
• New Dimensions 5, Harper & Row (1975)
• Hunger for Horror, DAW (1988)
• Welcome to Reality, Broken Arrow Press (1991)*
• Tacatti's Tomorrow in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1986
• Thomas M. Disch: The Girl with the Vita-Gel Hair in
• Omni, December 1982
• Welcome to Reality, Broken Arrow Press (1991)*
• Neil Ferguson: A Man from the Future in
• Foundation #27, February 1983
• as The Man from the Future (variant of 1983) in Welcome to Reality, Broken Arrow Press (1991)
• Paul Di Filippo: Linda and Phil – Phil married to his favorite singer Linda Ronstadt – in
• Amazing Stories: The Anthology, Tor (1995)
• Lost Pages, Four Walls Eight Windows (1998)
• Lost Pages, E-Read (2013)
• Ronald M. Hahn: Philip K. Dick Is Dead and Living Happily in Wuppertal in Welcome to Reality, Broken Arrow Press (1991)
• Jonathan Lethem: Phil in the Marketplace in The Virginia Quarterly Review – Writers on Writers Supplement (Fall 2006)
• Richard Lupoff
• The Digital Wristwatch of Philip K. Dick in
• The Digital Wristwatch of Philip K. Dick, Canyon Press (1985) in two editions
• Welcome to Reality, Broken Arrow Press (1991)*
• Before ... 12:01 ... and After, Fedogan & Bremer (1996) and other editions
• Agony and Remorse on Rhesus IX in
• Fantastic, February 1972
• The Ova Hamlet Papers, Pennyfarthing Press (1979)*
• Welcome to Reality, Broken Arrow Press (1991)*
• The Compleat Ova Hamlet, Ramble House (2009)
• Paul McAuley: The Two Dicks in
• The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2001*
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection, St. Martin's Press (2002)
• The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15, Robinson (2002)
• Gordon Van Gelder (editor): One Lamp: The Best Alternate History Stories from F&SF, Four Walls Eight Windows (2003)
• Little Machines, PS Publishing (2005)
• A Very British History: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Paul McAuley, 1985–2011, PS Publishing (2013)  
• Rob Hollis Miller – literally about a Philip K. Dick cult Blogpost (German)
• Ocean of Glass and Fire in
• New Pathways Into Science Fiction and Fantasy, MGA Services (December 1988)
• Ocean of Glass and Fire, Wordcraft of Oregon (1992)
• The Crazy Kazi Bros. Super Computer Mart in Ocean of Glass and Fire, Wordcraft of Oregon (1992), 
• Know Just How Columbus Felt in Ocean of Glass and Fire, Wordcraft of Oregon (1992), 
• The Whirlwind in Ocean of Glass and Fire, Wordcraft of Oregon (1992), 
• Looking Into the Sun in Ocean of Glass and Fire, Wordcraft of Oregon (1992), 
• Gero Reimann: Dick – A Gnostic Death in Life in Welcome to Reality, Broken Arrow Press (1991)*
• Mike Resnick and David Gerrold: Jellyfish in The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Solaris (2007)*
• Robert Silverberg: The Changeling in
• Amazing Science Fiction, November 1982
• Welcome to Reality, Broken Arrow Press (1991)*
• Dan Simons: Metastatsis in Dark Visions, Orion (2000)
• John Sladek: Solar Shoe Salesman in
• The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1973
• The Steam-Driven Boy and other Strangers, Panther Books (1973)
• Welcome to Reality, Broken Arrow Press (1991)*
• Norman Spinrad: Ubik Does the Trick in Welcome to Reality, Broken Arrow Press (1991)*
• Tim Sullivan: The Nocturnal Adventure of Dr. O and Mr. D in
• The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 2008 – “Mr. D” is, of course, Philip K. Dick
• Lucy Sussex: Kay and Phil in 
• Alien Shores: An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction (1994)
• The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women, Penguin (1995) and other editions
• A Tour Guide in Utopia, MirrorDanse Books (2005)
• Absolute Uncertainty, Aqueduct Press (2006)
• Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies: The Essential Lucy Sussex, Ticonderoga Publications (2011)
• Michael Swanwick
• The Transmigration of Philip K. in
• Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Februar 1985
• Welcome to Reality, Broken Arrow Press (1991)*
• Eight Takes on Kindred Themes in
• as Memories and Visions: Fans and Fellow Writers Remember Philip K. Dick: Eight Takes on Kindred Themes in The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 1994 
• Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures (2003)*
• Howard Waldrop: Thirty Minutes Over Broadway! in 
• George R. R. Martin: Wild Cards, Bantam (1987)
• Night of the Cooters, Ursus (1990)
• and 11+ further publications
• Thomas Ziegler: A Little Something for Us Reincarnates in Welcome to Reality, Broken Arrow Press (1991)*

Poems

• Norman Dubie: Homage to Philip K. Dick (poem) in
• The Mercy Seat: Collected and New Poems 1967–2001
• Roger Zelazny: Philip K. Dick (poem) in
• To Spin is Miracle Cat, Underwood-Miller(1981)
• This Mortal Mountain. Volume 3: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, NESFA Press (2009)

Comics

• Robert Crumb: The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick in 
• Weirdo 17, Last Gasp Comics (1986)
• The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 15: Mode O'Day (2001)
• The Weirdo Years 1981–'93, Last Gasp Comics (2013)
• Michael David Nelsen and Dwayne Harris: Philip K. Dick's Head is Missing in Heavy Metal #298 (2020)* Blogpost (German)

Novels & Collections

• Uwe Anton: Welcome to Reality [Willkommen in der Wirklichkeit, German (1990)], Broken Arrow Press (1991). ISBN: 0-96238245-0 – collection of several of the short stories shown above
• Jake Arnott: The House of Rumour, Sceptre (2012) – with an appearance of PKD
• Steve Aylett
• Lint, Thunder's Mouth Press (2005)
• And Your Point is, Raw Book Screaming Press (2006) – Essays on the Lint character
• David Bischoff: Philip K. Dick High, Wildside Press (2000) – Dick is not a character in this book
• Michael Bishop: Philip K. Dick is Dead, Alas 
• as The Secret Ascension or Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas, Tor (1987) in two editions
• Grafton (1988)
• Orb (1994)
• Kudzu Planet Productions (2015)
• and multiple translations: to German, Spanish, Italian, French, Polish, Hebrew
• Thomas M. Disch: The Word of God: Or, Holy Writ Rewritten, Tachyon (2008)* – Dick in hell
• Daryl Gregory: Pandemonium, Del Rey (2008)
• Christopher Miller: The Cardboard Universe: A Guide To The World Of Phoebus K. Dank, HarperCollins (2009)
• Douglas A. Mackey: Wild Scenes Inside the Godmind, Qubik Books (2001)
• Rob Hollis Miller: Ocean of Glass and Fire in
• New Pathways Into Science Fiction and Fantasy, MGA Services (Dezember 1988)
• Ocean of Glass and Fire, Wordcraft of Oregon (1992), which contains four additional short stories around the PKD cult: The Crazy Kazi Bros. Super Computer Mart, Know Just How Columbus Felt, The Whirlwind, Looking Into the Sun Blogpost (German)

Plays

• Brian W. Aldiss: Kindred Blood in Kensington Gore, London: Avernus (1992)?
• Linda Hartian: Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, Mabou Mines Theater Group (1985)*
• John Dowie: Take Them To The Garden, Edinburgh Festival (1990)* – based on works of Philip K. Dick Blogpost (German)
• Lisa Morton: Radio Free Albemuth (1991)
• Victoria Stewart: 800 Words: The Transmigration Of Philip K. Dick, (2009)*

Related

• David Dufty, Lost in Transit – Philip K. Dick is an object rather than a subject in this book; there is also a comic inspired by this, see Blog (German)
  
• Melbourne University Press / Victory Press (2011)
• as Losing the Head of Philip K. Dick: A Bizarre But True Tale of Androids, Kill Switches, and Left Luggage, Oneworld Publications (2012), ISBN 978-1-85168922-4
• as How to Build an Android: The True Story of Philip K. Dick's Robotic Resurrection, Henry Holt and Co. (2012), ISBN 978-0-80509551-7. Hardcover
• as How to Build an Android: The True Story of Philip K. Dick's Robotic Resurrection, Picador (2013), ISBN 978-1-25003215-7

For German publications, see the German version of this page.

Updated: 24.03.2025