Title:
Philip K. Dick's electric dreams
Author:
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Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
©2017
Physical Description:
213 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781328995063
Abstract:
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 human condition.
General Note:
"The stories that inspired the original dramatic series"--cover.
Short stories originally published 1953-1955.
Contents:
Exhibit piece / introduction by Ronald D. Moore -- The commuter / introduction by Jack Thorne -- The impossible planet / introduction by David Farr -- The hanging stranger / introduction by Dee Rees -- Sales pitch / introduction by Tony Grisoni -- The father-thing / introduction by Michael Dinner -- The 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.
Language:
English
