Science fiction writer Philip K. Dick has been published by the Library of America. Library of America is a non-profit publisher dedicated to keeping in print critical editions of the greatest authors of the United States. This publication gives Dick the status of a serious writer if not a literary author. Other authors published by the Library of America include Hawthrone and Emerson and Faulkner, literary giants. Dick is also the first science fiction writer to be included in this roster which suggests to me that he is the best science fiction writer of the late twentieth century.

Even for fans of science fiction Dick’s books stand out as being bizarre. Many of his stories explore how technology twists our perception of reality. He asks if the existence of artificial humans changes what it is to be human? How does precognition change the politics of daily life in the present? For Dick the future was extremely weird. As we know embrace the information rich world of political blogs and reality TV we see that Philip K. Dick was right.