The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick’s short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre, including THE VARIABLE MAN
This stunning new edition of Philip K Dick’s work includes the influential ‘Beyond Lies the Wub’ and ‘Second Variety’, as well as a litany of mind-expanding other works. Work your way through some of the most influential stories from the 20th century, which have had a massive impact on popular culture.
This volume contains the following stories:
Stability
Roog
The Little Movement
Beyond Lies the Wub
The Gun
The Skull
The Defenders
Mr Spaceship
Piper in the Woods
The Infinites
The Preserving Machine
Expendable
The Variable Man
The Indefatigable Frog
The Crystal Crypt
The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford
The Builder
Meddler
Paycheck
The Great C
Out in the Garden
The King of the Elves
Colony
Prize Ship
Nanny
The Cookie Lady
Beyond the Door
Second Variety
Jon’s World
‘One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction’ Sunday Times
‘No other writer of his generation had such a powerful intellectual presence’ Brian Aldiss
‘Thought-provoking,original,deeply moving. HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Very fun. Classic PKD’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Wow. Every single story in this book could be made into a contemporary movie’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Absolutely brilliant . . . Strongly recommend to everyone (even those who normally do not like science fiction)’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
This stunning new edition of Philip K Dick’s work includes the influential ‘Beyond Lies the Wub’ and ‘Second Variety’, as well as a litany of mind-expanding other works. Work your way through some of the most influential stories from the 20th century, which have had a massive impact on popular culture.
This volume contains the following stories:
Stability
Roog
The Little Movement
Beyond Lies the Wub
The Gun
The Skull
The Defenders
Mr Spaceship
Piper in the Woods
The Infinites
The Preserving Machine
Expendable
The Variable Man
The Indefatigable Frog
The Crystal Crypt
The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford
The Builder
Meddler
Paycheck
The Great C
Out in the Garden
The King of the Elves
Colony
Prize Ship
Nanny
The Cookie Lady
Beyond the Door
Second Variety
Jon’s World
‘One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction’ Sunday Times
‘No other writer of his generation had such a powerful intellectual presence’ Brian Aldiss
‘Thought-provoking,original,deeply moving. HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Very fun. Classic PKD’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Wow. Every single story in this book could be made into a contemporary movie’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Absolutely brilliant . . . Strongly recommend to everyone (even those who normally do not like science fiction)’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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Reviews
A fitting tribute to a great philosophical writer who found science fiction the ideal form the expression of his ideas
Dick quietly produced serious fiction in a popular form and there can be no greater praise
No other writer of his generation had such a powerful intellectual presence. He stamped himself no only on our memories but in our imaginations
One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction
One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction. Philip K. Dick made most of the European avant-garde seem naval gazers in a cul-de-sac