Philip K. Dick

This is a collection of 26 short stories written by the writer behind movies like "Blade Runner" (1982), "Total Recall" (1990), "Screamers" (1995), "Minority Report" (2002), "Next" (2007) and "The Adjustment Bureau" (2011), just to mention a few. That means - High quality Sci-Fi from cover to cover in other words!

Classic cult fiction from the bestselling author of BLADE RUNNER and MINORITY REPORT.

Philip K. Dick is the bestselling author of MINORITY REPORT and BLADE RUNNER.

After the twentieth century's devastating series of wars, the world's governments banded together into one globe-spanning entity, committed to peace at all costs. Ensuring that peace is the Vulcan supercomputer, responsible for all major decisions. But some people don't like being taken out of the equation. And others resent the idea that the Vulcan is taking the place of God. As the world grows ever closer to all-out war, one functionary frantically tries to prevent it. But the Vulcan computer has its own plans, plans that might not include humanity at all.

Combining political intrigue, time travel, family drama, and all the perils that come with being the first at anything, Hugo Award-winning author Philip K. Dick's Martian Time-Slip follows a group of exiled colonists on Mars and the ten-year-old psychic among them, a boy so powerful he not only looks into the future, but can send people there." The writing is humorous, painful, awesome in its effect on both mind and heart . . . There are few modern novels to match it."--Rolling StoneOn an arid Mars, local bigwigs compete with Earth-bound interlopers to buy up land before the UN develops it and its value skyrockets. Martian Union leader Arnie Kott has an ace up his sleeve, though: an autistic boy named Manfred who seems to have the ability to see the future. In the hopes of gaining an advantage on a Martian real estate deal, powerful people force Manfred to send them into the future, where they can learn about development plans. But is Manfred sending them to the real future or one colored by his own dark and paranoid filter? As the time travelers are drawn into Manfred's dark worldview in both the future and present, the cost of doing business may drive them all insane.

From the Hugo Award-winning author of The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick's twisty and paranoid Time Out of Joint is "marvelous, terrifying fun, especially if you've ever suspected that the world is an unreal construct built solely to keep you from knowing who you really are. Which it is, of course" (Rolling Stone)." The time is out of joint; O curs'd spite, That ever I was born to set it right " (William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act I, Scene V)Ragle Gumm has a unique job: every day he wins a newspaper contest. And when he isn't consulting his charts and tables, he enjoys his life in a small town in 1959. At least, that's what he thinks. But then strange things start happening. He finds a phone book where all the numbers have been disconnected, and a magazine article about a famous starlet he's never heard of named Marilyn Monroe. Plus, everyday objects are beginning to disappear and are replaced by strips of paper with words written on them like "bowl of flowers" and "soft drink stand." When Ragle skips town to try to find the cause of these bizarre occurrences, his discovery could make him question everything he has ever known.

Years ago, Earth and Titan fought a war and Earth lost. The planet was irradiated and most of the surviving population is sterile. The few survivors play an intricate and unending game called Bluff at the behest of the slug-like aliens who rule the planet. At stake in the game are two very important commodities: land and spouses. Pete Garden just lost his wife and Berkeley, California, but he has a plan to win them back. That is, if he isn't derailed by aliens, psychic traitors, or his new wife. The Game-Players of Titan is both satire and adventure, examining the ties that bind people together and the maddening peccadilloes of bureaucracy, whether the bureaucrats are humans or alien slugs.

A Nebula Award nominee, Dr. Bloodmoney is Hugo Award-winner Philip K. Dick's darkly comic riff on Stanley Kubrick's Cold War black comedy, Dr. Strangelove, a look at how humanity gets along after the end of the world. "A masterpiece."--Roberto Bola oWhat happens after the bombs drop? This is the troubling question Philip K. Dick addresses with Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb. It is the story of a world reeling from the effects of nuclear annihilation and fallout, a world where mutated humans and animals are the norm, and the scattered survivors take comfort from a disc jockey endlessly circling the globe in a broken-down satellite. And hidden among the survivors is Dr. Bloodmoney himself, the man responsible for it all. This bizarre cast of characters cajole, seduce, and backstab in their attempts to get ahead in what is left of the world, consequences and casualties be damned. A sort of companion to Dr. Strangelove--an unofficial and unhinged sequel--Dick's novel is just as full of dark comedy and just as chilling.

In 2203 anyone can become the ruler of the solar system. There are no elections, no interviews, no prerequisites whatsoever--it all comes down to the random turns of a giant wheel. But when a new Quizmaster takes over, the old one still keeps some rights, namely the right to hire an unending stream of assassins to attempt to kill the new leader. In the wake of the most recent change in leadership, employees of the former ruler scurry to find an assassin who can get past telepathic guards. But when one employee switches sides, troubling facts about the lottery system come to light, and it just might not be possible for anyone to win.

Precognition; a world ruled by Relativism; giant alien jellyfish. The World Jones Made is a classic Philip K. Dick mash-up, taking deep philosophical musings and infusing them with wild action. Floyd Jones has always been able to see exactly one year into his future, a gift and curse that began one year before he was even born. As a fortune-teller at a post-apocalyptic carnival, Jones is a powerful force, and may just be able to force society away from its paralyzing Relativism. If, that is, he can avoid the radioactively unstable government hitman on his tail.

Gather Yourselves Together is one of Philip K. Dick's earliest novels, written when he was just twenty-four years old. It tells the story of three Americans left behind in China by their employer, biding their time as the Communists advance. As they while away the days, both the young and na ve Carl Fitter and the older and worldly Verne Tildon vie for the affections of Barbara Mahler, a woman who may not be so tough-as-nails as she acts. But Carl's innocence and Verne's boorishness could end up driving Barbara away from both.

Following an inexplicable urge, Ted Barton returns to his idyllic Virginia hometown for a vacation, but when he gets there, he is shocked to discover that the town has utterly changed. The stores and houses are all different and he doesn't recognize anybody. The mystery deepens when he checks the town's historical records . . . and reads that he died nearly twenty years earlier. As he attempts to uncover the secrets of the town, Barton is drawn deeper into the puzzle, and into a supernatural battle that could decide the fate of the universe.

Winner of the John W. Campbell Award and a Hugo and Nebula award nominee, Philip K. Dick's Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said is a rollicking chase story that combines altered reality, genetic enhancement, and drug use into a dystopian setting to create one of the most popular and enduring science fiction novels." Dick skillfully explores the psychological ramifications of this nightmare."--New York Times Review of BooksJason Taverner--world-famous talk show host and man-about-town--wakes up one day to find that no one knows who he is--including the vast databases of the totalitarian government. And in a society where lack of identification is a crime, Taverner has no choice but to go on the run with a host of shady characters, including crooked cops and dealers of alien drugs. But do they know more than they are letting on? And just how can a person's identity be erased overnight?

En vennegjeng i Los Angeles er på søken etter meningen med livet. De forsøker å utforske den visjonære åpenbaringen til en viss Horselover Fat. Denne Horselover viser seg delvis å være Philip K. Dick selv. Gjengens utforskning av fenomenet fører dem til en kino der filmen «VALIS» med rockegruppa Mother Goose vises. Filmen kaster lys over Horselover Fats opplevelser, og de tar kontakt med frontfigurene i bandet, ekteparet Eric og Linda Lampton. Etter å ha fortalt om Horselover Fats opplevelser, blir de invitert til parets hjem i Sodoma nord i California. Der møter de Messias i form av en to år gammel jentunge som heter Sofia. Hun bekrefter gjengens mistanker om at det finnes en svært gammel intelligens. Dette er en mekanisk intelligens som går i bane i verdensrommet. Og det er denne guddommelige kraften som har gitt Horselover hans visjoner. Den kalles «Vast Active Living Intelligence System», forkortet VALIS. Philip K. Dick skrev 44 romaner, hvorav flere er filmet. Den såkalte VALIS-trilogien, som også omfatter bøkene «Den guddommelige invasjon» og «Timothy Archers sjelevandring» foreligger nå på norsk oversatt av Svein Sandnes. Av alle amerikanske forfattere er det knapt noen som er blitt like genierklært av sine trofaste lesere som Philip K. Dick. Han har sin offisielle fanclub, www.philipdickfans.com, og hundrevis av bloggere som drøfter detaljene i bøkene hans på Internett. Et uttrykk for hans sentrale posisjon i amerikansk litteratur er at prestisjetunge «Library of America» har utgitt hele tre bind med Philip K. Dicks bøker, til sammen 13 romaner. Ett av bindene inneholder hele VALIS-trilogien.

Philip K Dicks Bladerunner räknas som ett av science fiction-litteraturens största mästerverk. Rick Deckards jobb är att spåra och avrätta (eller med en förskönande omskrivning: "dra in") förrymda mänskliga robotar, androider. Androiderna är ytterligt intrikata imitationer av människor, så människolika att de har livsvilja, självkänsla, självbevarelsedrift. En del androider vet över huvud taget inte om att de är något annat än riktiga människor, eftersom de har (falska, inplanterade) minnen av en barndom, en uppväxt, ett komplett liv. Översättning Roland Adlerberth. Efterord Johan Frick.

A brilliant sci-fi novel from one of the last century's most influential pop culture figures.

Classic science fiction from the master.