Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

The stories that inspired the original dramatic series.

Though perhaps most famous as a novelist, Philip K. Dick wrote more than one hundred short stories over the course of his career, each as mind-bending and genre-defining as his longer works. Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams collects ten of the best. In "Autofac," Dick shows us one of the earliest examples (and warnings) in science fiction of self-replicating machines. "Exhibit Piece" and "The Commuter" feature Dick exploring one of his favorite themes: the shifting nature of reality and whether it is even possible to perceive the world as it truly exists. And "The Hanging Stranger" provides a thrilling, dark political allegory as relevant today as it was when Dick wrote it at the height of the Cold War.

Strange, funny, and powerful, the stories in this collection highlight a master at work, encapsulating his boundless imagination and deep understanding of the human condition.

Author: Philip K. Dick
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Published: 11/14/2017
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781328995063
ISBN10: 1328995062
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Science Fiction | Collections & Anthologies
- Fiction | Science Fiction | Alien Contact
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)

About the Author
PHILIP K. DICK (1928-1982) wrote 121 short stories and 45 novels and is considered one of the most visionary authors of the twentieth century. Eleven works have been adapted to film, including Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly.