Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick in Philip K Dick

Aug 31, 2010 Dan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This book is a fairly comprehensive collection of PKD stories, included are:

Beyond Lies the Wub: The story of the "wub" a pig like alien native to mars. This story has strong vegetarian themes.
Roog: A story about what your dog is really barking at in the wee hours of the morning.
Paycheck: The story of a man who has his mind erased after a contract job, and instead of the paycheck he originally thought he was getting he only has a bag of tchotchkies. The basis for the Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman ...more

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Mar 26, 2011 Ed [Redacted] rated it really liked it

This is a great collection of some of the very best PKD short stories. Anyone who is fairly familiar with Dick's short stories will have read most of them already, but I would say this is the best single volume collection of PKD shorts on the market.

Some of the stand-out stories are Paycheck, The King of the Elves, Adjustment Team, We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, The Electric Ant (awesome), A Little Something for Us Tempunauts and Beyond Lies The Wub. (For some unfathomable reason, the edi ...more

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Oct 11, 2009 Rob Hermanowski rated it really liked it

Shelves: sci-fi

This is a collection of 21 of Philip K. Dick's short stories, and they are mostly excellent! Included is "The Minority Report," the inspiration for the very good film of the same name. Sometimes his novels can be a bit hard to get through, but in short form Dick's dystopic imagination is more intense and feels visionary. I recommend them quite highly to sci-fi fans, or anyone with an interest in 20th century American short story literature. ...more

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