Stage 2
Task 1 - Timeline
1928 Philip K. Dick and Jane C. Dick, twins, born Chicago, Illinois.
1929 Jane dies of malnutrition.
1933 Parents divorce.
1938 Moves with mother to Berkeley, California
1948 Marries Jeanette Marlin and divorces her six months later.
1951 Sell first story, "Roog".
1955 First book, Solar Lottery, published.
1959 Marries Anne Williams Rubenstein
1960 First child, Laura Archer Dick, is born.
1963 Wins Hugo Award for The Man in the High Castle.
1964 Divorces Anne.
1966 Marries Nancy Hackett.
1967 Isolde Freya Dick is born.
1968 Sells rights to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
1970 Nancy leaves him.
1972 Tries to commit suicide. Enters X-Kalay, Heroin Rehabilitation Center, Vancouver, Canada.
1973 Marries (Tessa) Leslie Busby.
1973 Christopher Kenneth Dick is born.
1974 Flow My Tears the Police Man Said wins John W Campbell Jr. Award for Best Science
Fiction Novel
1976 Tessa leaves with child; attempts another suicide.
1981 After fighting with director Ridley Scott over Blade Runner, sees the rough cut and approves.
1982 Dies just before the release of Blade Runner.
1929 Jane dies of malnutrition.
1933 Parents divorce.
1938 Moves with mother to Berkeley, California
1948 Marries Jeanette Marlin and divorces her six months later.
1951 Sell first story, "Roog".
1955 First book, Solar Lottery, published.
1959 Marries Anne Williams Rubenstein
1960 First child, Laura Archer Dick, is born.
1963 Wins Hugo Award for The Man in the High Castle.
1964 Divorces Anne.
1966 Marries Nancy Hackett.
1967 Isolde Freya Dick is born.
1968 Sells rights to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
1970 Nancy leaves him.
1972 Tries to commit suicide. Enters X-Kalay, Heroin Rehabilitation Center, Vancouver, Canada.
1973 Marries (Tessa) Leslie Busby.
1973 Christopher Kenneth Dick is born.
1974 Flow My Tears the Police Man Said wins John W Campbell Jr. Award for Best Science
Fiction Novel
1976 Tessa leaves with child; attempts another suicide.
1981 After fighting with director Ridley Scott over Blade Runner, sees the rough cut and approves.
1982 Dies just before the release of Blade Runner.