Philip K. Dick's electric dreams / Philip K. Dick.

By: Dick, Philip K [author.]Contributor(s): Moore, Ronald D [writer of introduction.] | Thorne, Jack [writer of introduction.] | Farr, David, 1969- [writer of introduction.] | Rees, Dee [writer of introduction.] | Grisoni, Tony [writer of introduction.] | Dinner, Michael [writer of introduction.] | Graham, Matthew, 1969- [writer of introduction.] | Egan, Kalen [writer of introduction.] | Sentell, Travis [writer of introduction.] | Mecklenburg, Jessica [writer of introduction.] | Beacham, Travis, 1980- [writer of introduction.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 213 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781328995063; 1328995062Other title: Electric dreamsUniform titles: Short stories. Selections. Genre/Form: Short stories. | Science fiction. DDC classification: 813/.54 LOC classification: PS3554.I3 | A6 2017
Contents:
Exhibit piece / introduction by Ronald D. Moore -- Commuter / introduction by Jack Thorne -- Impossible planet / introduction by David Farr -- Hanging stranger / introduction by Dee Rees -- Sales pitch / introduction by Tony Grisoni -- Father-thing / introduction by Michael Dinner -- Hood maker / introduction by Matthew Graham -- Foster, you're dead / introduction by Kalen Egan and Travis Sentell -- Human is / introduction by Jessica Mecklenburg -- Autofac / introduction by Travis Beacham.
Summary: 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.
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"The stories that inspired the original dramatic series" --Cover.

Short stories originally published 1953-1955.

Exhibit piece / introduction by Ronald D. Moore -- Commuter / introduction by Jack Thorne -- Impossible planet / introduction by David Farr -- Hanging stranger / introduction by Dee Rees -- Sales pitch / introduction by Tony Grisoni -- Father-thing / introduction by Michael Dinner -- Hood maker / introduction by Matthew Graham -- Foster, you're dead / introduction by Kalen Egan and Travis Sentell -- Human is / introduction by Jessica Mecklenburg -- Autofac / 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.

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