Philip K. Dick
1) Prize Ship
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The war had been going on for two Terran months, with no sign of a break. The System Senate's difficult position came from the fact that Ganymede was the jump-off point between the System and its precarious network of colonies at Proxima Centauri. All ships leaving the System for deep-space were launched from the immense space cradles on Ganymede. There were no other cradles. Ganymede had been agreed on as the jump-off point, and the cradles had been...
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This edition brings to you 34 exciting Sci-Fi stories by Philip K. Dick in one convenient volume. These tales are guaranteed to thrill you with their exhilarating plots and exciting twists and turns! Contents: Second Variety The Variable Man Adjustment Team The Hanging Stranger The Eyes Have It The Skull Mr. Spaceship Beyond the Door Beyond Lies the Wub The Golden Man The Gun The Defenders Tony and the Beetles The Crystal Crypt Upon the Dull Earth...
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Musaicum Press presents to you a collection of the greatest science fiction works written by Philip K. Dick:
Contents:
Second Variety
The Variable Man
Adjustment Team
The Hanging Stranger
The Eyes Have It
The Skull
Mr. Spaceship
Beyond the Door
Beyond Lies the Wub
The Golden Man
The Gun
The Defenders
Tony and the Beetles
The Crystal Crypt
Upon the Dull Earth
Piper in the Woods
Of Withered Apples
The Unreconstructed M
The Turning Wheel
The Last of...
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Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 - March 2, 1982) was an American author who wrote 44 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. His fiction explored varied philosophical and social questions such as the nature of reality, perception, and identity, and commonly featured characters struggling against alternate realities, illusory environments, monopolistic corporations, authoritarian...
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The war with the Yucks from Proxima Centauri was claimed to be a stalemate but they were really winning. The mine belts they laid seemed to propagate themselves and were slowly strangling Terran planets. How did they do that? What was their secret? The answer was baffling and the best human minds could only conclude that their ships and mines were somehow alive. So, the next desperate step was to ask "If they are using organic ships, why can't we...
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These are 2 much praised stories by the master of quirky stories, Philip K. Dick. First published in Planet Stories (1954), "The Crystal Crypt" is classic Dick, presenting you with a narrative that seems yawningly familiar, and then...an unexpected detail is revealed, a detail that changes the meaning of everything you have seen. it is an entertaining and surprising story which I would recommend to any science fiction reader.
Beyond the Door is a...
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Philip K. Dick is well known for his innovative approach to life and the problems and challenges of the future. These five stories were picked to show the breath and scope of his mind. They are:
1 - The Skull
2 - Beyond the Door
3 - The Eyes Have It
4 - The Hanging Stranger
5 - Beyond Lies the Wub
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Ed Loyce lives a happy and normal life is a happy and normal small town in mid America. But today something strange happens. In the late evening, on his way to work at his TV sales and repair shop he passes the tiny one block park in the middle of town and sees something hanging from the only lamp post, something big, almost like a body. Of course it must be something else, probably an ad of some sort or a joke. Not able to discern exactly what it...
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Was wäre, wenn die Achsenmächte den Zweiten Weltkrieg gewonnen hätten? Und sich Hitler mit Japan die USA geteilt hätte? Die Grenze durch die Rocky Mountains verliefe, wo es neutrale Pufferstaaten gäbe? Und dort ein "Orakel vom Berge"?
Vor dieser Unwirklichkeit flüchten die Menschen in ein Buch über die "Heuschrecken", in der die Welt so dargestellt wird, wie sie eher unserer Wirklichkeit gleicht - aber nur fast, oder ist es wirklich ganz anders...
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Diese Frage stellte sich Philip K. Dick im Titel seines 1968 erschienenen Romans. Ridley Scott hat daraus den Film Blade Runner gemacht, der 1982 in die Kinos kam. Roman wie Film erzählen die Geschichte des Kopfgeldjägers Rick Deckard, der Jagd auf künstliche Menschen macht. Im Buch geht es allerdings um weit mehr: Auf einer von einem Atomkrieg verwü steten Welt sind kü nstliche Tiere zu Statussymbolen geworden, eine Mercertum genannte Fernsehreligion...
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It was a 400 pound slobbering, disgusting blob with tiny piggy eyes that peered dimly out at the world, perpetually looking for a place to lie down and sleep- but maybe it was good to eat? The crew of the spaceship had never seen anything like it before but they were desperate for anything to eat on their return trip. Everything else they had rounded up was on the scrawny side but at least they looked like something a civilized person might eat. But...
12) Sci-Fi Asteroids - 8 Science Fiction Short Stories by Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Frederik Pohl
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Eight science fiction short stories from some of the best sci-fi authors of the 1940s, 50s and 60s.
16) Sci-Fi Robots - 10 Science Fiction Short Stories by Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Robert Silverbe
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Some of the earliest science fiction stories featuring robots from some of the best sci-fi authors of the 1950s and 60s.
17) Sci-Fi Wars - 9 Science Fiction Short Stories by Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Murray Leinster, F
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Nine science fiction short stories from some of the best sci-fi authors of the 1940s, 50s and 60s.
18) Sci-Fi Space Colonies - 11 Science Fiction Short Stories by Philip K. Dick, Robert Silverberg, Ra
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Eleven science fiction short stories from some of the best sci-fi authors of the 1940s, 50s and 60s.
19) Apocalyptic Sci-Fi - 7 Science Fiction Short Stories by Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, Frederik
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Seven science fiction short stories from some of the best sci-fi authors of the 1940s, 50s and 60s.