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The variable man, and other stories
Philip K. Dick
1977 · Sphere Books
Fiction, science fiction, action & adventureFiction, science fiction, time travelFiction, science fiction, apocalyptic & post-apocalypticFiction, science fiction, space operaFiction, science fiction, general
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"The Variable Man" is a science fiction novella by American writer Philip K. Dick, which he wrote and sold before he had an agent. It was first published in Space Science Fiction (British), Vol. 2 No. 2, July 1953 and Space Science Fiction, September 1953 with the US publication illustrated by Alex Ebel.Despite the magazine cover dates it is unclear whether the first publication was in the UK or in the United States where magazines tended to be published farther ahead of their cover dates than in the UK. The Varia…
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