Philip K. Dick

From the author of science-fiction classics such as The Man in the High Castle and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? comes a collection of short stories of dystopic visions of technological terror, post-nuclear holocaust warfare, time travel, space travel, man vs. alien, man vs. machine, man becomes machine, man becomes plant, and other fantastic tales,

The Meddler by Philip K. Dick - The hardest part of the "preordained" thesis to grasp is that the thesis itself is part of what must and shall be. Will time travel cause the end of the human race? Or will it allow them to fix the future? They entered the great chamber. At the far end, technicians hovered around an immense illuminated board, following a complex pattern of lights that shifted rapidly, flashing through seemingly endless combinations....

Ed Loyce is an ordinary businessman finishing a long day when he notices a body hanging in the town square. What unsettles him isn't just the sight itself, but the fact that no one else reacts. People walk past as if nothing is wrong. Friends dismiss his concern. Even the police seem unconcerned. As Loyce pushes for answers, he begins to realize that noticing the truth may be the most dangerous act of all. As his isolation deepens, Loyce uncovers...

Strange Eden by Philip K. Dick - Johnson wanted to leave the verdant world but Brent was bound he'd have a look around. He did, and he found reason to stay - unluckily... Captain Johnson was the first man out of the ship. He scanned the planet's great rolling forests, its miles of green that made your eyes ache. The sky overhead that was pure blue. Off beyond the trees lapped the edges of an ocean, about the same color as the sky, except for a bubbling...

Imagine growing up in a world where the most important thing a family can own isn't a car, a house, or even a future - it's a bomb shelter. In Foster, You're Dead!, Philip K. Dick plunges us into a chilling consumer-driven dystopia where children are taught how to survive nuclear war the way today's kids might learn to ride a bike, and where safety itself is a product - always on backorder, always one upgrade behind. Mike Foster is just a boy who...

In a world where advertising has reached the level of psychological invasion, Ed Morris can't get through a single commute without being bombarded by automated sales pitches that tunnel directly into his brain. But when a new product - a "self-regulating android" called a fasrad - appears in his home and begins demonstrating itself in the most destructive way imaginable, Ed discovers that the future of marketing has crossed the line into something...

A cuckoo clock should be harmless-an old-fashioned ornament ticking away the hours. But in Beyond the Door, what begins as a sentimental gift quickly becomes the focus of suspicion, obsession, and rising hostility inside a failing marriage. As emotions curdle and loyalties fracture, the clock seems to take on a presence of its own, quietly observing everything. Philip K. Dick transforms an ordinary domestic setting into a pressure chamber of paranoia....

Human Is by Philip K. Dick - She noticed the change in her husband -- but she had married for better or worse! Jill Herrick's blue eyes filled with tears. She gazed at her husband in unspeakable horror. "You're - you're hideous!" she wailed. Lester Herrick continued working, arranging heaps of notes and graphs in precise piles. "Hideous," he stated, "is a value judgment. It contains no factual information." He sent a report tape on Centauran parasitic...

Mary Anne Reynolds is a young and vulnerable woman, determined to make her own way in the world. But Pacific Park, California, in the 1950s is not really the place for Mary. Her relationship with a black singer offends against the small town's views on sexual mores and exposes its bigoted views on race. This is a powerful portrayal of the claustrophobia of small-town California, and Mary Anne Reynolds is one of the most memorable characters Dick ever...

Philip K. Dick Short Stories features 16 short stories from the legendary author which appeared in science fiction magazines from 1952 to 1955. This amazing short story collection includes • The Hanging Stranger • The Gun • Beyond The Door • Beyond Lies The Wub • The Eyes Have It • Foster You're Dead • Sales Pitch • Small Town • Prominent Author • Tony and the Beetles • Piper In The Woods • The Skull • The Golden Man • Human...