'We Can Remember It For You Wholesale'(made into a film,'Total Recall', can't wait for the new Colin Farell version as well, 2012) is the second volume of Philip K.Dick's volume of short stories. All of the stories in this volume are at most very interesting and thought out. Yet there are quite a few great ones as well, the ones you'll read again and again or share with a friend or family member. The stories here are just as or more so interesting in this day of age than at the time of his career. Only now are we all getting to know this fabulous writer through the movies that are inspired from his work.(Minority Report, Paycheck, A Scanner Darkly, Bladerunner) Most of the stories here are science fiction, mystery and the curiosity and nature of mankind, time travel and the questions of "Am I who I think I am?".
One of my favorite stories is 'The Cosmic Poachers',where humans intercept an alien craft for it's cargo of eggs, yet not knowing the risk of whatever is inside those eggs.
Or the story, 'A Surface Raid', in a future apocalypse the people of the underground world set forth upward to capture the mostly extinct humans, but in the view of one man from beneath, the humans are....better?
In 'The Trouble With Bubbles', mankind is depressed because they never found life outside the solar system, so instead everyone creates their own miniature worlds with full life and fauna, only every year to get together at the awards ceremony to smash their worlds to bits.
Others such as 'Jon's World', 'A Present For Pat','James P.Crow' and 'The impossible Planet' are lovely and intricate sci-fi stories.
These are stories that grab you and at most times at the very end of the story he'll throw in something you never saw coming.
Philips work is broad and extraordinary, and his characters, even in these shorts are brought to life on the paper.
This is a great volume of his early writing and an excellent choice for a reader being introduced to his work. Philip K.Dick will always be remembered as one of the greatest sci-fi writers of all time.
27 stories include:1)The Cookie Lady 2)Beyond The Door 3)Prominent Author 4)WCRIFYW 5)Jon's World 6)The Cosmic Poachers 7)Progeny 8)Some Kinds Of Life 9)Martians Come In Clouds 10)The Commuter 11)The World She Wanted 12)A Surface Raid 13)Project: Earth 14)The Trouble With Bubbles 15)Breakfast At Twilight 16)A Present For Pat 17)the Hood Maker 18)Of Withered Apples 19)Human Is 20)Adjustment Team 21)The Impossible Planet 22)Impostor 23)James P.Crow 24)Planet For Transients 25)Small Town 26) Souvenir 27)Survey Team
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