Screen LibraryPhilip K. Dick's electric dreams /
Short stories originally published from 1953 to 1955.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
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| Publisher Address: | Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Summary: |
Short stories originally published from 1953 to 1955. "Though perhaps most famous as a novelist, Philip K. Dick wrote more than one hundred short stories over the course of his career, each as mind-bending and genre-defining as his longer works. Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams collects ten of the best. In "Autofac," Dick shows us one of the earliest examples (and warnings) in science fiction of self-replicating machines. "Exhibit Piece" and "The Commuter" feature Dick exploring one of his favorite themes: the shifting nature of reality and whether it is even possible to perceive the world as it truly exists. And "The Hanging Stranger" provides a thrilling, dark political allegory as relevant today as it was when Dick wrote it at the height of the Cold War. Strange, funny, and powerful, the stories in this collection highlight a master at work, encapsulating his boundless imagination and deep understanding of the human condition."--Dust jacket, |
| Item Description: |
"The stories that inspired the original dramatic series"--Cover. "First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Gollancz, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group Ltd"--Title page verso. |
| Carrier Form: | 213 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781328995063 (hardcover) : 1328995062 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | PS3554 |
| CLC: | I712.45 |
| Call Number: | I712.45/D547-7 |
| Contents: |
Exhibit piece / The commuter / The impossible planet / The hanging stranger / Sales pitch / The father-thing / The hood maker / Foster, you're dead / Human is / Autofac / |