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Eye in the Sky (1957)
Introduction Eye in the Sky was originally published by Philip K. Dick in 1957. It tells the story of a small group of people accidently thrown into a proton beam deflector. This allows some of them to impose their reality … Continue reading
Posted in Afterlife, Bureaucracy, Childhood, Cold War, Family, Knowledge, Mental Illness, Philip K. Dick, Politics, Power, Religion, Science, Sexuality, Technology, Work
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Rautavaara’s Case
Story Background “Rautavaara’s Case” was originally published in Omni in October 1980. It can now be found in The Eye of the Sibyl and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick on pp. 375–383. Plot Summary Beings from Proxima report … Continue reading
What the Dead Men Say
Story Background “What the Dead Men Say” was originally published in Worlds of Tomorrow in June 1964. It can now be found in Minority Report and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick on pp. 245–288. Plot Summary Part One … Continue reading
Explorers We
Story Background “Explorers We” was originally published in Fantasy and Science Fiction in January 1959. It can now be found in Minority Report and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick on pp. 147–155. Plot Summary A space ship crew … Continue reading
Null-O
Story Background “Null-O” was originally published in If in December 1958. It can now be found in Second Variety and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick on pp. 135—143. Plot Summary Ralph and Jean Jorgenson are discussing what to … Continue reading
Posted in Afterlife, Bureaucracy, Childhood, Mental Illness, Philip K. Dick, Politics, Posthumanism, Power, Technology
Tagged democracy, mental illness, null-o, philip k dick, resistance, sociopathy, technocrats
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Jon’s World
Story Background “Jon’s World” was published in the anthology Time to Come in 1954. I read it in We Can Remember It For Your Wholesale: The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume 2. It can be found there on … Continue reading
The Trouble with Bubbles
Story Background “The Trouble with Bubbles” was first published in Imagination in September 1953. Cited pages numbers come from We Can Remember It For You Wholesale: The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume 2 (New York: Citadel), 191–205. Plot … Continue reading
The Skull
Story Background “The Skull” was first published in If in 1952. Pages numbers come from Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick (New York: Citadel Press), pp. 47–65. Plot Summary Two-hundred years in the future a prisoner named … Continue reading
Posted in Afterlife, Philip K. Dick, Philosophy, Religion, Time Travel
Tagged philip k dick, religion, resurrection, the skull, time travel
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Beyond Lies the Wub
Story Background “Roog” was the first story Philip K. Dick sold, but “Beyond Lies the Wub” was the first he saw in print. It was published in the summer of 1952 in Planet Stories. Pages numbers come from Paycheck and … Continue reading
Posted in Afterlife, Alien Life, Consumerism, Environment, Philip K. Dick, Philosophy
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