Were Mervyn Peake and Philip K. Dick both writers?
Mervyn Peake Mervyn Laurence Peake (9 July 1911 – 17 November 1968) was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the "Gormenghast" books. The three works were part of what Peake conceived as a lengthy cycle, the completion of which was prevented by his death. They are sometimes compared to the work of his older contemporary J. R. R. Tolkien, but his surreal fiction was influenced by his early love for Charles Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson rather than Tolkien's studies of mythology and philology.
The Days of Perky Pat (collection) The Days of Perky Pat is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Gollancz in 1990 and reprints Volume IV of "The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick". It had not previously been published as a stand-alone volume. The stories had originally appeared in the magazines "Galaxy Science Fiction", "Science Fiction Stories", "If", "Fantastic Universe", "Fantasy and Science Fiction", "Fantastic", "Worlds of Tomorrow", "Escapade" and "Amazing Stories".