Philip K. Dick was a master of science fiction, but he was also a writer whose work transcended genre to examine the nature of reality and what it means to be human. A writer of great complexity and subtle humor, his work belongs on the shelf of great twentieth-century literature, next to Kafka and
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams: SSC
β Scribed by Beacham, Travis;Dick, Philip K.;Dinner, Michael;Egan, Kalen;Farr, David;Graham, Matthew;Grisoni, Tony;Mecklenburg, Jessica;Moore, Ronald D.;Rees, Dee;Sentell, Travis;Thorne, Jack
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 289 KB
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Boston
- ISBN
- 1328995097
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β¦ Synopsis
The stories that inspired the original dramatic series, premiering January 12, 2018.
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...
β¦ Subjects
FICTION / Science Fiction / Alien Contact;FICTION / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies;Science fiction;Short stories;Nonfiction;Fiction
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Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount, and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now
SUMMARY: Philip K. Dick was a master of science fiction, but he was also a writer whose work transcended genre to examine the nature of reality and what it means to be human. A writer of great complexity and subtle humor, his work belongs on the shelf of great twentieth-century literature, next to
Philip K. Dick was a master of science fiction, but he was also a writer whose work transcended genre to examine the nature of reality and what it means to be human. A writer of great complexity and subtle humor, his work belongs on the shelf of great twentieth-century literature, next to Kafka and
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