After getting held up on his way to work, Ed Fletcher worries about the repercussions he will face when he reaches his office. Little does he know that his late arrival will give him a glimpse behind the very fabric of human existence and put him at odds with powers he cannot comprehend. Philip K. D
Adjustment Team
β Scribed by Philip K Dick
- Year
- 1954
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 35 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
"Adjustment Team" is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick. It was
first published in Orbit Science Fiction, Sept-Oct 1954, No.4.
"SOMETHING
WENT WRONG ...AND ED FLETCHER GOT MIXED UP IN THE BIGGEST THING IN HIS LIFE." --
Orbit introduction to "Adjustment Team".
Sector T137 is scheduled for
adjustment and a Clerk is supervising a canine Summoner to ensure real estate
salesman Ed Fletcher is inside Sector T137 during the process. An 8:15 bark to
summon a Friend With A Car is needed. Unfortunately the bark is a minute late,
bringing an Insurance Salesman causing Fletcher to leave for work late. Arriving
at Sector T137 after it's been de-energized, Fletcher enters a terrifying gray
ash world. Escaping white-robed men he flees across the street back to the
everday energized world outside Sector T137 fearing he's had a psychotic
episode.
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