can you name any of his works that has been adapted into movies?
"Total recall", "Minority Report", "A Scanner Darkly", and " The Adjustment Bureau".
Philip K. Dick
 "Total Recall" (adapted twice: in 1990 and in 2012), "Minority Report" (2002), "A Scanner Darkly" (2006), and "The Adjustment Bureau" (2011).
the word ipod was inspired by a line from what sci-fi movie UNANSWERABLE when was it released? 25 June 1982. what kind of a work is it? A science fiction film. who are the characters? Rick Deckard, Gaff, Bryant, Holden, Leon, Roy Batty, Zhora, Pris and others. what is the storyline? The film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles of 2019, in which synthetic humans known as replicants are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work at space colonies. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants led by Roy Batty escapes back to Earth, burnt-out cop Rick Deckard  reluctantly agrees to hunt them down. what are the various themes here? Film noir, narration by the protagonist, chiaroscuro cinematography, a hero with a questionable moral outlook, religious and moral philosophies, and Biblical images to name a few. did it receive any awards? Yes, the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. what can you tell me about the protagonist of the movie? Rick Deckard is a fictional character, the protagonist of Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". The movie is based on this novel. when did the writer begin his career? Dick sold his first story, "Roog", in 1951.
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Philip K. Dick [SEP] Introduction
A collection of his nonfiction writing on these themes was published posthumously as "The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick" (2011). He died in 1982 in Santa Ana, California, at the age of 53, due to complications from a stroke. Dick's posthumous influence has been widespread, extending beyond literary circles into Hollywood filmmaking. Popular films based on Dick's works include "Blade Runner" (1982), "Total Recall" (adapted twice: in 1990 and in 2012), "Minority Report" (2002), "A Scanner Darkly" (2006), and "The Adjustment Bureau" (2011). Beginning in 2015, Amazon produced the multi-season television adaptation "The Man in the High Castle" based on Dick's 1962 novel, and in 2017 Channel 4 began producing the ongoing anthology series "Electric Dreams" based on various Dick stories.