The Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Vol. 1 [Audio CD]

Dick (Author), Philip K. (Author), To be announced (Narrator) (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2008

This collection of Philip K. Dicks outstanding short works includes The Minority Report, recently adapted to film by Steven Spielberg, as well as Progeny, The Exit Door Leads In, and six more short stories.

Editorial Reviews

From AudioFile

[Editor's Note: This is a combined review with THE SELECTED STORIES OF PHILIP K. DICK, Volume 2.]--From time travel to perceived reality, these wonderful collections feature 16 of Dick's most celebrated and thought-provoking short stories. Among the standouts are Anthony Heald's calm, engaging reading of the reality-examining "Electric Ant," in which Garson Poole discovers he's actually a robot; Tom Weiner's taut narration of "The Variable Man," which challenges the purported dangers of time travel and Paul Michael Garcia's delivery of "Faith of Our Fathers," about a party bureaucrat in a future communist Vietnam. While the stories' dystopian (but all-too-familiar) vision of the world will keep the listener engaged, it's the excellent matching of story to narrator that makes this collection an outstanding listen. The stories are certainly fascinating in themselves, but it's the narrators' skilled readings of them that will keep the listener enthralled. A.H.A. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc.; Unabridged Library edition (November 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 143322822X
• ISBN-13: 978-1433228223
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 6.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,012,710 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)