The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories
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| Book: | The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories |
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| Author: | Philip K. Dick |
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| Publisher: | Citadel Press |
This collection includes all of the writer’s earliest short and medium-length fiction (including several previously unpublished stories) covering the years 1954-1964, and featuring such fascinating tales as “The Minority Report” (the inspiration for Steven Spielberg’s film), “Service Call”, “Stand By”, “The Days of Perky Pat”, and many others. Here, readers will find Dick’s initial explorations of the themes he so brilliantly brought to life in his later work. Dick won the prestigious Hugo Award for best novel of 1963 for The Man in the High Castle and in the last year of his life, the now-classic film Blade Runner was made from his novel Do Androids Dream Electric Sheep? The classic stories of Philip K. Dick offer an intriguing glimpse into the early imagination of one of science fiction’s most enduring and respected names.
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