The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 1: The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford
Description
This comprehensive collection brings together a wide-ranging selection of stories that explore unstable realities, uncertain identities, technological power, and the strange pressures of modern life. Moving from darkly comic satire to unsettling philosophical science fiction, the stories follow ordinary people confronted by extraordinary discoveries, bureaucratic systems, altered perceptions, and forces beyond their understanding. Together, they showcase a singular imagination deeply concerned with what it means to be human in a world where reality can shift without warning. Provocative, inventive, and often haunting, the collection demonstrates why these works remain central to twentieth-century science fiction.
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paperback
Citadel
Published Jan 1, 1990
ISBN: 9780806511535
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First Published
1987
Language
eng
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