Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing History
Biographical Note
Collection Scope and Contents
Collection Arrangement
Related Materials
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection on Philip K. Dick
Date (inclusive): 1952-2008, undated
Collection Number: MS 199
Extent:
2.50 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: The Collection on Philip K. Dick consists of press clippings, publications, short stories and manuscripts regarding Philip
K. Dick, an American novelist who has published almost entirely in the science fiction genre. His works have been published
in numerous literary magazines, such as
Galaxy,
Amazing Stories, and
Fantasy and Science Fiction. The collection also consists of newsletters from the Philip K. Dick Society, and photographs and press booklets from the
film
Blade Runner.
Languages: The collection is in English, French, and German.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction,
and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by
copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions
apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for
obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Collection on Philip K. Dick (MS 199). Special Collections & University Archives,
University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Purchased in 1997.
Processing History
The collection was processed by Julianna Gil, Student Processing Assistant, in 2017.
Processing of the Collection on Philip K. Dick was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California,
Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project
was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian.
Biographical Note
Philip K. Dick was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 16, 1928 to Dorothy Kindred Dick and Joseph Edgar Dick, along with
his twin sister, Jane. He and his parents moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, then moved back to Washington with his mother.
In June 1938, Philip and his mother returned to California, where he began to find interest in science fiction literature.
Dick was married five times, beginning with Jeanette Marlin in 1948, to Leslie (Tessa) Busby from 1973 to 1977. He had also
three children (Laura, Isolde, and Christopher) with his last three wives.
Philip Dick wrote one hundred and twenty-one short stories and published most of them to literary magazines, such as
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,
Worlds of Tomorrow, and
Amazing Science Fiction. He also published forty-four novels, including
The Man in the High Castle and
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Dick's work has been adapted to numerous films and television shows, such as
The Man in the High Castle on AmazonVideo,
Blade Runner, and
Total Recall.
Dick passed away on March 2, 1982 in Santa Ana, California. A year after his death, the Philip K. Dick Award for science fiction
writing was inaugurated.
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection contains press clippings, publications, and other items related to Philip K. Dick, an American novelist who
has published almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Materials in the collection include photocopied short stories,
books and magazines, manuscripts, comic books, photographs, correspondence, and a full run of the Philip K. Dick Society newsletter.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged into seven series as follows:
- Series 1. Essays and short stories, 1952-1976
- Series 2. Magazines and newspapers, 1972-1976
- Series 3. Manuscripts, 1964-1980; undated
- Series 4. Translated stories, 1976.
- Series 5. Philip K. Dick Society, 1983-1992; undated
- Series 6. Correspondence, 1976-1978
- Series 7. Publicity, circa 1982-2008
Related Materials
See also the Joan Simpson Collection on Philip K. Dick (MS 081) [link: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8kd24zw/]
and the Anne Collection on Philip K. Dick (MS 083) [link: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8rb7bw7/].
See also the Philip K. Dick collection (SC-06-PKD) held at California State University Fullerton [link: http://archives.fullerton.edu/repositories/5/resources/57].
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Dick, Philip K.
Philip K. Dick Society
Science fiction
Science fiction -- Authorship
Genres and Forms of Materials
Clippings (information artifacts)
Newsletters
Publications
Short stories