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Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick

Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick

2002 · Pantheon Books · 476 pages

American Science fictionFiction, science fiction, collections & anthologiesScience fiction, americanPs3554.i3 a6 2002813 · .54

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"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." "In "The Davis of Perky Pat," people s…

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A patient, character-first epic that asks you to sit with worldbuilding before any payoff arrives. Readers who love long arcs and slow-burn relationships tend to finish it twice; readers chasing momentum often DNF in the first hundred pages. Plan for unhurried evenings.

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An ideas-driven with strong plot, unsettling and immersive read.

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