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The Best of Philip K. Dick [Mass Market Paperback]

Philip K. Dick (Author)
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February 12, 1978
This Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains eleven short stories and novellas by acclaimed science fiction author Philip K. Dick. Dick (1928-1982) is best known for his novel DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? This novel was adapted for the big screen as BLADERUNNER.

This ebook is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.


Contents:

Beyond the Door
Beyond Lies the Wub
The Crystal Crypt
The Defenders
The Gun
The Skull
The Eyes Have It
Second Variety
The Variable Man
Mr. Spaceship
Piper in the Woods

This unexpurgated edition contains the complete text, with minor errors and omissions corrected.
--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.


Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 450 pages
  • Publisher: Del Rey; 1st edition (February 12, 1978)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345253590
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345253590
  • Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,545,573 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Anthology of Early Philip K. Dick, September 7, 2010
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Elliot (Irvine, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a good anthology of Philip K. Dick's early short fiction. A number of stories ("The Defenders," "The Gun," "Mr. Spaceship") begin to explore the theme of machines replacing-- or becoming indistiguishable from-- humans, which Dick later used in his great novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (later made into the brilliant film "Bladerunner"). The excellent novelette "Second Variety" was also made into a movie, albeit not a very good one, "Screamers." "Second Variety" continues to explore the machines as humans theme, and also adds in the difficulty of distinguishing reality from illusion, which became a major recurrent theme in Dick's later novels. This collection also includes the brilliant short story "The Skull," one of the best science fiction stories to grapple with the theme of religious truth.

Halcyon does their usual good job here-- the Kindle book has a linked table of contents and few to no typos.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Genius! Track down a used copy, July 5, 2001
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"intertelecasteroverdrive" (Cleveland, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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If you've never read Philip K Dick, this collection of short stories is a great place to start. The first two stories in the collection (his first 2 published stories) aren't the greatest, but from the third story on it's one brilliant gem after the other. I read this book 3 months ago and it's still with me. "Electric Ant" is perhaps the best SF short story I've ever read. I've read several of Dick's novels but these short stories are better!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great for short stories, September 13, 2010
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Kwisatz Haderach (Texas, United States) - See all my reviews
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If you already like PKD, you will like this collection of short stories. For a sci-fi newbie, this may not be a good place to start since his stories may feel dated. It' s a good collection and a great value on kindle.
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