Selected Stories Of Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick

• Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9780544040601
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Science Fiction
• Index: Literature

Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick contains twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers. In "The Days of Perky Pat, " people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. "Adjustment Team" looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In "Autofac, " one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in "I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon, " we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as "The Minority Report, " the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, " the basis for the film Total Recall. With an introduction by Jonathan Lethem, Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Contents
• Copyright
• Introduction
• Beyond Lies the Wub
• Roog
• Paycheck
• Second Variety
• Imposter
• The King of the Elves
• Adjustment Team
• Foster, You’re Dead
• Upon the Dull Earth
• Autofac
• The Minority Report
• The Days of Perky Pat
• Precious Artifact
• A Game of Unchance
• We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
• Faith of Our Fathers
• The Electric Ant
• A Little Something for Us Tempunauts
• The Exit Door Leads in
• Rautavaara’s Case
• I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
• About the Author