The Early Stories of Philip K. Dick

Name: The Early Stories of Philip K. Dick
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Philip K. Dick
ISBN: 9781629236568

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Chris Lutkin

Unabridged: 12 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Published: 05/27/2014

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Every legend has a beginning. Here, Dreamscape Media presents a collection of short stories penned by Philip K. Dick early in his masterful and legendary writing career. Stories include: Beyond Lies the Wub; Beyond the Door; The Hanging Stranger; Mr. Spaceship; The Gun; Tony and the Beetles; The Eyes Have It; The Variable Man; Second Variety; The Skull; The Crystal Crypt; Piper in the Woods; The Defenders.

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 Heydi on October 28, 2018

The Eyes Have It, which is in this collection, but not sited in the summary on goodreads, is my favorite of all these because of the fantastic way he plays with words and their literal and figurative meanings. I enjoyed all the stories in this collection and will definitely seek out his other collec......more

Goodreads review by Cyberpope on October 11, 2018

Easy to see why Dick's one of the masters of Sci-Fi's formative years! I love short stories & nobellas -- so much an author can do in little space! If these are indicative of Dick's skills, I'll be reading more of him.......more

Goodreads review by Roman on August 25, 2018

Beyond Lies the Wub; the pig who telepathed into the killer's body Beyond the Door; cuckoo clock bird that killed the buyer The Hanging Stranger; takeover of the humanity by aliens. Identifying the ones not taken over by having one of them on the street lamp Mr. Spaceship; the professor that became the......more

Goodreads review by Dean on April 08, 2025

Besides dabbling in some Bradbury in high school, I've never delved very far into the annals of sci-fi. No better place to start than with ol' Tricky Dick, right? This short story collection is overall pretty charming, though some entries really overstay their welcome. I found the themes he touches o......more

Goodreads review by erebus on October 04, 2022

This digital version was accessed through Libby / Overdrive Published as individual short stories and novellas in science fictions magazines in the 1950s this is an audiobook collection with some real prize-winners. As an overview I see these stories as progenitors to a lot of modern science fiction......more