und ane ▁concepts ▁into ▁distinct ive , ▁stand - out ▁ones , ▁thus ▁converting ▁the ▁par ano id ▁fiction ▁genre ▁into ▁a ▁legit imate ▁one . ▁ ▁Philip ▁K . ▁Dick ▁is ▁most ▁frequently ▁viewed ▁as ▁the ▁for ef ather ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁par ano id ▁fiction . ▁ ▁His ▁works ▁were ▁born ▁out ▁of ▁par ano ia ▁and ▁hall uc ination ; ▁he ▁had ▁sudden ▁vis ions ▁of ▁places ▁he ' d ▁never ▁been ▁to ▁and ▁events ▁he ' d ▁never ▁witness ed , ▁possibly ▁from ▁temporal ▁lo be ▁ep ile ps y ▁or ▁an ▁over ly ▁active ▁imagination . ▁ ▁These ▁vis ions ▁were ▁so ▁v ivid ▁that ▁Dick ▁put ▁them ▁down ▁on ▁paper , ▁never ▁failing ▁to ▁class ify ▁them ▁as ▁only ▁" spe cul ative ▁thought ," ▁and ▁thus ▁outside ▁the ▁boundary ▁of ▁conventional ▁thought . ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁Dick ' s ▁works ▁start ▁out ▁une vent fully ▁in ▁a ▁seem ingly ▁ordinary ▁setting , ▁then ▁trans pose ▁to ▁a ▁sur real istic ▁fant asy , ▁with ▁the ▁characters ▁discover ing ▁that ▁what ▁they ▁thought ▁real ▁was ▁in ▁fact ▁a ▁del usion . ▁ ▁Through out ▁his ▁works , ▁Dick ▁maintained ▁a ▁balance ▁between ▁the ▁expected ▁tra its ▁of ▁the ▁science ▁fiction ▁genre ▁they ▁were ▁also ▁categor ized ▁in , ▁and ▁the ▁ecc ent ric ▁and ▁disturb ing ▁elements ▁coming ▁from ▁his ▁mind . ▁ ▁A ▁rec urr ing ▁theme ▁in ▁his ▁works ▁is ▁on ▁how ▁reality ▁is ▁perce ived ▁and ▁treated ▁differently ▁by ▁people ▁depending ▁on ▁their ▁mind