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Dick won multiple awards for his works, examining human identity, psychology, conspiracy and paranoia, challenging the idea of objective truth in a manner that remains relevant today.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A masterclass in sci-fi wonderment&#8217; &#8211; <i>Empire<\/i><br \/>&#8216;One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction&#8217; &#8211; <i>The Sunday Times<\/i><br \/>  <b>Welcome to The Best Of The Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popularly known as &#8216;Blade Runner&#8217;, because of its incarnation as a movie, &#8216;Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?&#8217; is Dick&#8217;s most famous title. 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