my house was broken into my files were blown open my my papers were stolen. we never found out who did it my attorney said it was the government there was no doubt that it was the government. but what they were looking for I don't know what they thought I was doing I don't know i don't even know if it was the government.
— Philip K. Dick Modern

Science fiction, Do Androids Dream

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Interview, describing a real-life experience of paranoia and government surveillance.

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1977 (interview year)

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Strange & Unusual

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