The OC helped shape Philip K Dick. A festival in Fullerton celebrates the sci-fi writer

Did you know Orange County was once home to one of the trippiest and perhaps the most prescient science fiction writers of the 20th century?

That man was Philip K. Dick, who once called Santa Ana home.

This week, the Philip K. Dick Festival will celebrate the work and honor the O.C. legacy of the sci-fi master at Cal State Fullerton.

‘A big idea guy’

Most stories about Philip K. Dick — or PKD as many fans refer to him — start out with a list of Hollywood adaptations of his work: Blade Runner, Minority Report, Total Recall, The Man in the High Castle… and the list goes on…

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