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philip k. dick’s home

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philip k. dick’s “hermit house”

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marin county civic center

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The Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, California, Frank Lloyd Wright's last commission, served as the headquarters of the Gattaca Corporation in the 1997 dystopian sci-fi movie Gattaca. It was also used as a filming location for George Lucas's first movie THX 1138.

In 2007, the first annual Gattaca photo shoot was held there where you were encouraged to show up dressed as I suppose either Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke or Jude Law. I have no idea if that became a recurring event.

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philip k. dick’s “hermit house”

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Philip K. Dick moved to this house in San Rafael with his fourth wife in 1968. After they separated, a rotating cast of characters would live and do drugs with him at the house. It would earn the nickname 'Hermit House' and this time period in his life would become the basis for A Scanner Darkly published in 1977.

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philip k. dick’s home

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Philip K. Dick lived in this house from 1965-68 with his fourth wife. It was here that he wrote Ubik and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.

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