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The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick's short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre.
This stunning new edition of Philip K Dick's work includes the influential 'We Can Remember It For You Wholesale' and 'The Electric Ant', 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:
Orpheus with Clay Feet
The Days of Perky Pat
Stand-By
What'll We Do with Ragland Park?
Oh, To Be a Blobel!
The Little Black Box
The War with the Fnools
A Game of Unchance
Precious Artifact
Retreat Syndrome
A Terran Odyssey
Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday
Holy Quarrel
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
Not By Its Cover
Return Match
Faith of Our Fathers
The Story to End All Stories for Harlan Ellison's Anthology Dangerous Visions
The Electric Ant
Cadbury, The Beaver Who Lacked
A Little Something for Us Tempunauts
The Pre-Persons
The Eye of the Sibyl
The Day Mr Computer Fell Out of Its Tree
The Exit Door Leads In
Chains of Air, Web of Aether
Strange Memories of Death
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
Rautavaara's Case
The Alien Mind
'A great collection, showcasing Dick's evolution' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'my reason for giving the book a five-star rating has to do with my emotional state I felt when I closed the last page. I feel that I delved into a more extensive realm of PKD's mind by reading this collection' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'An amazing collection of downright bizarre fiction. So many excellent stories that it would be hard to pick a favorite' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Praise for The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 4
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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 - The Sunday Times
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Dick quietly produced serious fiction in a popular form and there can be no greater praise - Michael Moorcock
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No other writer of his generation had such a powerful intellectual presence. He stamped himself no only on our memories but in our imaginations - Brian Aldiss
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A fitting tribute to a great philosophical writer who found science fiction the ideal form the expression of his ideas - The Independent
Philip K Dick
Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) was born in Chicago but lived in California for most of his life. He went to college at Berkeley for a year, ran a record store and had his own classical-music show on a local radio station. He published his first short story, 'Beyond Lies the Wub' in 1952. Among his many fine novels are The Man in the High Castle, Time Out of Joint, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said.
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