Philip Kindred Dick was a prolific writer with 44 novels and over 120 short stories. His works are the perfect study of Singularity society with focus on reality, human nature, and individuality and identity. What is and isn't real were often the main conflict faced by his characters and readers.
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"The Hanging Stranger" first appeared in the December 1953 issue of Science Fiction Adventures. This story has appeared in several languages and most recently was adapted into the screenplay "Kill All Others" or "KAO" for the television anthology series, Philip K. Dick's Dreams in 2017. Incidentally, the series is produced by Isa Dick Hacket, his daughter.
"The Hanging Stranger" first appeared in the December 1953 issue of Science Fiction Adventures. This story has appeared in several languages and most recently was adapted into the screenplay "Kill All Others" or "KAO" for the television anthology series, Philip K. Dick's Dreams in 2017. Incidentally, the series is produced by Isa Dick Hacket, his daughter.
"Second Variety" by PK Dick was first published in the May 1953 issue of Space Science Fiction depicts a war between the United Nations and the Soviet Union that has destroyed the world with nuclear weapons and self replicating robots. Second Variety was one of many of PKD's stories adapted to the screenplay, Screamers, in 1995.
"The Eyes Have It" by Philip K. Dick is a very short story first published in 1953.
After reading you'll have to ask yourself if this story is a tongue-in-cheek master's class in the correct way to write character action descriptions? Or more of a peek into the reality of some hidden-in-plain-sight invasion?
"Beyond Lies the Wub" by Philip K. Dick
The slovenly wub might well have said: Many men talk like philosophers and live like fools.
"The Variable Man" by Philip K. Dick
Illustrated by Ebel
He fixed things—clocks, refrigerators, vidsenders and destinies. But he had no business in the future, where the calculators could not handle him. He was Earth’s only hope—and its sure failure!
"The Variable Man" by Philip K. Dick
Illustrated by Ebel
He fixed things—clocks, refrigerators, vidsenders and destinies. But he had no business in the future, where the calculators could not handle him. He was Earth’s only hope—and its sure failure!
"The Gun" by Philip K. Dick
Nothing moved or stirred. Everything was silent, dead. Only the gun showed signs of life ... and the trespassers had wrecked that for all time. The return journey to pick up the treasure would be a cinch ... they smiled.
"The Defenders" by Philip K. Dick
Illustrated by EMSH
No weapon has ever been frightful enough to put a stop to war —perhaps because we never before had any that thought for themselves!
"Mr. Spaceship" by Philip K. Dick
A human brain-controlled spacecraft would mean mechanical perfection. This was accomplished, and something unforeseen: a strange entity called--Mr. Spaceship.
"The Skull" by Philip K. Dick
Conger agreed to kill a stranger he had never seen. But he would make no mistakes because he had the stranger's skull under his arm.
"The Skull" by Philip K. Dick
Conger agreed to kill a stranger he had never seen. But he would make no mistakes because he had the stranger's skull under his arm.
"Beyond the Door" by Philip K. Dick
Beyond the Door premiered in the January 1954 issue of Fantastic Universe. This tale includes a cuckoo clock, which may or may not be intelligent, and a cuckolded husband.
"Tony and the Beetles" by Philip K. Dick
First appeared in Orbit volume 1 number 2, 1953
A ten-year-old boy grows up fast when history catches up with the human race.
First appeared in Orbit volume 1 number 2, 1953
A ten-year-old boy grows up fast when history catches up with the human race.