From Blade Runner to the forthcoming A Scanner Darkly (starring Keanu Reeves), via Total Recall, Screamers, Impostor, Paycheck and Tom Cruise in Minority Report, the legacy of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick has revolutionised Hollywood.

Counterfeit Worlds is the definitive history of the big- and small-screen adaptations of Dick’s work. Beginning with a concise biography of Dick, acclaimed writer Brian J. Robb looks at the evolution and production of each film and television project in depth, along the way uncovering a wealth of new information, including the stories behind the fascinating unmade movie Ubik (with a screenplay by Dick himself), Dick’s unmade episode of Mission: Impossible and the stillborn sequels to Total Recall and the legendary Blade Runner.