Philip K. Dick's electric dreams /
Dick, Philip K.,
Philip K. Dick's electric dreams / Electric dreams. Philip K. Dick. - First U.S. edition. - 213 pages ; 22 cm.
"The stories that inspired the original dramatic series" --Cover. Short stories originally published 1953-1955.
Exhibit piece / Commuter / Impossible planet / Hanging stranger / Sales pitch / Father-thing / Hood maker / Foster, you're dead / Human is / Autofac / introduction by Ronald D. Moore -- introduction by Jack Thorne -- introduction by David Farr -- introduction by Dee Rees -- introduction by Tony Grisoni -- introduction by Michael Dinner -- introduction by Matthew Graham -- introduction by Kalen Egan and Travis Sentell -- introduction by Jessica Mecklenburg -- introduction by Travis Beacham.
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 Dickwrote 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.
9781328995063 1328995062
2017478118
Short stories.
Science fiction.
PS3554.I3 / A6 2017
813/.54
Philip K. Dick's electric dreams / Electric dreams. Philip K. Dick. - First U.S. edition. - 213 pages ; 22 cm.
"The stories that inspired the original dramatic series" --Cover. Short stories originally published 1953-1955.
Exhibit piece / Commuter / Impossible planet / Hanging stranger / Sales pitch / Father-thing / Hood maker / Foster, you're dead / Human is / Autofac / introduction by Ronald D. Moore -- introduction by Jack Thorne -- introduction by David Farr -- introduction by Dee Rees -- introduction by Tony Grisoni -- introduction by Michael Dinner -- introduction by Matthew Graham -- introduction by Kalen Egan and Travis Sentell -- introduction by Jessica Mecklenburg -- introduction by Travis Beacham.
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 Dickwrote 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.
9781328995063 1328995062
2017478118
Short stories.
Science fiction.
PS3554.I3 / A6 2017
813/.54