Adjustment Team, Philip K. Dick
Adjustment Team, Philip K. Dick
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Adjustment Team

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Saethon Williams

Unabridged: 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/27/2025

Synopsis

First published in 1954, this classic short story blends science fiction, paranoia, and metaphysical suspense, laying the foundation for themes that would later inspire the acclaimed 2011 film “The Adjustment Bureau.” Perfect for fans of speculative fiction, hidden conspiracies, and Philip K. Dick’s signature explorations of identity, free will, and the fragility of perceived reality.

About Philip K. Dick

Over a writing career that spanned three decades, PHILIP K. DICK (1928–1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralized power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned to deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film, notably Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly, as well as television's The Man in the High Castle. The recipient of critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout his career, including the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards, Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005, and between 2007 and 2009, the Library of America published a selection of his novels in three volumes. His work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fabian on December 01, 2023

Philip K. Dick's 1954 short story Adjustment Team is a compelling conversation about the concept of reality, free will, and the exterior influences shaping our existence. Turned into the middling, but entertaining 2011 film "The Adjustment Bureau" (starring Matt Damon & Emily Blunt, directed by Georg......more

Goodreads review by Mónica on November 28, 2021

Primer relato corto que leo de K. Dick. Me gusto mucho la premisa, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que se escribió en los años 50, precediendo a películas tan icónicas hoy como Matrix o Desafío Total. Pero me hubiera gustado que se extendiera más en el relato, que me explicará mejor las cosas.......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on January 21, 2019

This feels like quintessential PKD. The story, about a man who accidentally catches a glimpse behind the scenes of reality, can be interpreted in several ways - religion, i.e. god and angels? a psychotic break? drugs? (well maybe not in this case) - and an enigmatic ending that doesn't quite give us......more

Goodreads review by Peter on May 04, 2016

PKD is a gold mine for fascinating plots and incredible movie premises. He doesn't flesh anything out in his writing. It's all very bare bones. That's probably what makes his work so wonderfully adaptable into films. He provides the brilliant premise and then it's up to the screen writer to do the r......more

Goodreads review by Aldrin on March 06, 2011

A synopsis or a trailer for the new film titled The Adjustment Bureau reveals that Matt Damon plays David Norris, a US Senate candidate who serendipitously meets Elise Sallas, a ballerina played by Emily Blunt, and that together, following a plot complication or two, they go on the run from men in b......more

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