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    <body><![CDATA[Short stories from one of the greatest SciFi writer of all time.  Most of the stories in here have become movies, and, again, you'll get so much more out of the stories than the generalized movies.  Highly recommend to any scifi fan!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Every Hollywood sci-fi adventure you've ever even heard of was an inadequate homage to the tangled tunnels of Mr.Dick's paranoid psyche.<br/>Blade Runner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)is the only film I've seen that even hints at the quality of Philip K. Dick's gorgeous madness. <br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Anyone who wants to get into Philip K Dick start here, or with any other similar short story collection.  Read 'We can remember it for you wholesale', then keep going with whatever sounds the best.  He wrote like crazy.  Hell, he admittedly was crazy for a long period of time.  VALIS is all about th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14344284">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The stories are pretty uneven and some are unsatisfying, but there are a lot of good ones in here.  It was interesting to read the original stories that sparked Minority Report and Total Recall.  Also the story Paycheck was made into a movie I haven't seen and Adjustment Team is being made into a Ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74015232">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Continuing in the vein of classic scifi--fun to read the stories that spawned movies like &quot;Minority Report&quot; and &quot;Total Recall.&quot; It's also interesting to see how many of his themes still echo in contemporary scifi (i.e machines created by humans taking over). The funny thing about...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73917888">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I got this book from the library mainly for the short story titled &quot;Paycheck&quot;. There was a movie of the same title that roughly followed the story, but I knew that it was actually different and had a different moral. I think I prefer the movie version actually. <br/><br/>I read a few mor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41890588">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Overall, a very strong and representative collection of PKD's short stories.  These shorts in this binding include a lot of old favorites that are arranged chronologically so we can watch PKD's obsessions and themes emerge and unfold and develop.  It also allows us to see where he managed to frustra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17764078">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Topeless alien secretaries and nagging deceitful wives... but the ideas were very clever. For some I could guess the endings and was already familiar with others like Minority Report. I've decided I like him anyway.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow.  Alot of the movies are in here along with quite a few other tales.  Strange to see how the movies differed from the stories, which sometimes are quite short.  Another must read!... well in my opinion anyway.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story title &quot;The Exit Door Leads In&quot; reminded me of this Bizarro comic:<br/><img src="http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/378/20030917bizarro.jpg" alt="Bizarro comic strip, 2003-Sept-17" width="640" class="escapedImg"/>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had never read any of these &quot;classic&quot; stories before...my brother-in-law lent me a copy and I read through it in a night. Amazing the imagination and far-reaching appeal of these stories.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A mixed bag. Most of the stories were clever and fascinating, but some were just plain dull. His style was consistently classy. However, even good writing can't save an uninteresting topic.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Freaking amazing.  PKD's short stories are so much better than Androids.  My particular favorites are Second Variety, Minority Report, You're Dead Foster, and They Days of Perky Pat.  Most of the collection deal with post-nuclear exchange Earth and deal with common themes like paranoia and free-will...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20196191">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this collection of short stories.  Most or all of them deal with dark, depressing futuristic themes.  I kept hoping for one with a positive side to it, but I do not recall if any had an uplifting ending.  Usually there was some wry twist at the end of the story that I saw coming from a mile ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22768971">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick]]>
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Went in with high hopes,<br/><br/>but that dude is REAL crazy.<br/><br/>...Still like Blade Runner.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick]]>
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 10 10:42:46 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book didn't meet my (admittedly high) expectations. It did show his progression from pulpy sci fi author toward something far weirder and more original, but the pulp part didn't engage me very much, and apart from a couple of his most famous stories (e.g. We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12163159">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not usually a fan of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein" title="Frankenstein by Mary Shelley">collected short stories</a>, but this book was fantastic.  I enjoyed almost all the stories, which ranged from a couple of pages to more than 20.  Each story was similar in some ways to the next, but they all had their own storyline and kept me in rapture to the next.  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11782635">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick]]>
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are trying to get somebody who hasn't read pkd to become a pkd fan, don't start with this book.  There are several great stories in this collection but many of them are too &quot;pulpy&quot; for the uninitiated.  My favorite stories were &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon&quot;, &quot;The Exit ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1862695">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>Full contents below.</em><br/><br/>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 Vonnegut. Collected here are twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.<br/><br/>In &quot;The Days of Perky Pat,&quot; people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. &quot;Adjustment Team&quot; looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In &quot;Autofac,&quot; one community must battle benign machines to take back control of their lives. And in &quot;I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,&quot; we follow the story of one man whose very reality may be nothing more than a nightmare. The collection also includes such classic stories as &quot;The Minority Report,&quot; the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and &quot;We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,&quot; the basis for the film Total Recall. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature's most searching imaginations.<br/><br/>» Introduction by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem" title="Jonathan Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a><br/>1. Beyond Lies the Wub (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub">wikipedia</a>)<br/>2. Roog (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roog">wikipedia</a>)<br/>3. Paycheck (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/">imdb</a>)<br/>4. Second Variety (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/">imdb</a>)<br/>5. Imposter (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>)<br/>6. The King of the Elves (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Elves_%28short_story%29">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/">imdb</a>)<br/>7. Adjustment Team (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/">imdb</a>)<br/>8. Foster, You're Dead! (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster,_You%27re_Dead!">wikipedia</a>)<br/>9. Upon the Dull Earth (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_the_Dull_Earth">wikipedia</a>)<br/>10. Autofac (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac">wikipedia</a>)<br/>11. The Minority Report (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">imdb</a>)<br/>12. The Days of Perky Pat (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_of_Perky_Pat">wikipedia</a>)<br/>13. Precious Artifact<br/>14. A Game of Unchance<br/>15. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale">wikipedia</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/">imdb</a>)<br/>16. Faith of Our Fathers (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers">wikipedia</a>)<br/>17. The Electric Ant (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Ant">wikipedia</a>)<br/>18. A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Something_for_Us_Tempunauts">wikipedia</a>)<br/>19. The Exit Door Leads In (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In">wikipedia</a>)<br/>20. Rautavaara's Case (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case">wikipedia</a>)<br/>21. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_I_Shall_Arrive_Soon">wikipedia</a>)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you only read one book of Dick's work, it should be this one. It contains all the stories that have movies based on them up until 2005, except Blade Runner.   I think this is the best collection of short stories.  &quot;A Scanner Darkly&quot; has now been made into a movie too, and that is one of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12012000">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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