The Minority Report and Other Stories..., Philip K. Dick
The Minority Report and Other Stories..., Philip K. Dick
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The Minority Report and Other Stories

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Keir Dullea

Unabridged: 5 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 12/26/2003

Synopsis

Viewed by many as the greatest science fiction writer on any planet, Philip K. Dick has written some of the most intriguing, original and thought-provoking fiction of our time. This collection includes stories that will make you lough, cringe...and stop and think.The Minority Report: a special unit that employs those with the power of precognition to prevent crimes proves itself less than reliable...We Can Remember It For You Wholesale: an everyguy's yearning for more exciting ""memories"" places him in a danger he never could have imagined (basis of the feature film Total Recall)...Paycheck: a mechanic who has no memory of the previous two years of his life finds that a bag of seemingly worthless and unrelated objects can actually unlock the secret of his recent past -- and insure that he has a future...Second Variety: the UN's technological advances to win a global war veer out of control, threatening to destroy all of humankind (basis of the movie Screamers)...The Eyes Have It: a whimsical, laugh-out-loud play on the words of the title.

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.

About Keir Dullea

Keir Dullea's extensive stage work includes starring on Broadway and in London in Butterflies Are Free and playing Brick in the acclaimed revival of Cat on a Hot Fin Roof. Among his 24 films are 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010, David and Lisa, Bunny Lake Is Missing, and The Fox.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on July 19, 2020

Sigh, I should just have read the short stories, they are much better than the rest of his work. The huge advantage of these short pieces of fiction is that Dick can´t endlessly drivel about pseudo philosophical topics and getting high and enlightened all the time like in all of his novels and tells......more

Goodreads review by Anne on January 11, 2024

These were fun, but not at all what I was expecting. The Minority Report The basis for the 2002 movie Minority Report. Pretty different story. Ok, so you know how Tom Cruise finds out that this system of pre-arresting people for crimes they haven't committed yet is flawed so he fights to take it down?......more

Goodreads review by Stuart on November 14, 2015

Minority Report and Other Stories: 4 PKD stories that inspired movies Originally posted at Fantasy Literature Philip K. Dick is the classic case of a brilliant but struggling artist who only got full recognition after he passed away. Despite publishing an incredible 44 novels and 121 stories during hi......more

Goodreads review by Olethros on December 01, 2020

-Muy ilustrativo a la hora de presentar los diferentes temas recurrentes en la obra del autor.- Género. Relatos. Lo que nos cuenta. El libro Cuentos completos IV (publicación original: The Days of Perky Pat. Volume Four of the Collected Stories, 1987), con introducción de James Tiptree Jr. y notas del......more

Goodreads review by Oscar on February 17, 2019

Cuarta entrega de los cuentos completos de Philip K. Dick. Se trata de dieciocho relatos que rozan a un nivel muy alto, donde se incluye una introducción de James Tiptree, Jr., además de notas del propio Dick a algunos de sus cuentos. Entre los que más me han gustado se encuentran ‘Araña de agua’, do......more

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