The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 3: Second Variety

philip k. dick john brunner

Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Dick Society is devoted to the study and promulgation of his works. This collection includes all of the writer's earliest short and medium-length fiction (including some previously unpublished stories) covering the years 1952-1955. These fascinating stories include Second Variety, Foster, You're Dead and The Father-Thing, and many others.

"A useful acquisition for any serious SF library or collection." -- Kirkus

"The collected stories of Philip K. Dick is awe inspiring." -- The Washington Post

"More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really puts you inside people's minds." -- Wall Street Journal

Volume 3/5. Includes stories from 1953-1959:
- Fair Game
- The Hanging Stranger
- The Eyes Have It
- The Golden Man
- The Turning Wheel
- The Last of the Masters
- The Father-Thing
- Strange Eden
- Tony and the Beetles
- Null-O
- To Serve the Master
- Exhibit Piece
- The Crawlers
- Sales Pitch
- Shell Game
- Upon the Dull Earth
- Foster, You're Dead
- Pay for the Printer
- War Veteran
- The Chromium Fence
- Misadjustment
- A World of Talent
- Psi-Man Heal My Child!
- Second Variety

Other editions of this volume are titled:
- The Father-Thing,
- Second Variety and Other Classic Stories [by Citadel],
- Upon the Dull Earth,
- Upon the Dull Earth and Other Stories
Editions published by Citadel include "Second Variety" into Volume 3, whereas other editions had it in Volume 2.

Genres science fictionshort storiesfictionamericanscience fiction fantasyfantasyanthologiesclassicsshort story collectioncollections

414 pages, Paperback

First published May 1,1987

This edition

Format: 414 pages, Paperback
Published: April 1, 2002 by Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806512266
ASIN: 0806512261
Language: English

About the author

philip k. dick

Philip K. Dick was born in Chicago in 1928 and lived most of his life in California. In 1952, he began writing professionally and proceeded to write numerous novels and short-story collections. He won the Hugo Award for the best novel in 1962 for The Man in the High Castle and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year in 1974 for Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Philip K. Dick died on March 2, 1982, in Santa Ana, California, of heart failure following a stroke.

In addition to 44 published novels, Dick wrote approximately 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. Although Dick spent most of his career as a writer in near-poverty, ten of his stories have been adapted into popular films since his death, including Blade Runner, Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report, Paycheck, Next, Screamers, and The Adjustment Bureau. In 2005, Time magazine named Ubik one of the one hundred greatest English-language novels published since 1923. In 2007, Dick became the first science fiction writer to be included in The Library of America series.