Philip K. Dick

In "The Greatest Science Fiction Works of Philip K. Dick," readers are invited to explore a curated selection of the author's seminal narratives that have shaped the science fiction genre. Renowned for his intricate, dystopian worlds and philosophical inquiries, Dick weaves complex tales that challenge the nature of reality, identity, and the human condition. The compilation includes thought-provoking stories that interrogate the boundaries between man and machine, perception and delusion, all crafted in Dick's distinctive literary style--a blend of stark realism and surreal imagination that has become a hallmark of his legacy. Philip K. Dick, a prolific writer and thinker, was profoundly influenced by his personal experiences with existential crises, drug use, and social paranoia during the 20th century. His tumultuous life and struggles with mental health, alongside a keen interest in metaphysics and theology, led him to explore the often blurred lines between reality and illusion. These themes resonate throughout his works, establishing him as a central figure in speculative fiction, whose insights continue to inspire contemporary authors and filmmakers alike. This anthology is an essential read for both die-hard fans and newcomers to Dick's oeuvre. It provides a gateway into the mind of one of science fiction's most provocative authors, offering timeless reflections on the complexities of human existence. Put aside your perceptions of reality and immerse yourself in the profound inquiries that define Philip K. Dick's unparalleled contributions to literature.

In "In the Parallel Universe - 4 SF Tales in One Edition," Philip K. Dick explores the fabric of reality through the lens of speculative fiction, intricately woven with themes of identity, perception, and the nature of existence. This anthology features four captivating narratives that challenge the boundary between the real and the imagined, highlighting Dick's signature blend of philosophical inquiry and innovative plot twists. His literary style is characterized by a deft use of first-person perspectives and fragmented storytelling, which immerses readers into the complex worlds he creates, reflecting the zeitgeist of the mid-20th century and its anxieties regarding technology and consciousness. Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), a prolific American author, is renowned for his exploration of altered states of reality and human psychology. His personal experiences with paranoia, hallucinations, and existential crises are mirrored in his works, informing his profound understanding of the human condition. Dick's fascination with alternative realities and dystopian futures is rooted in the tumultuous socio-political landscape of his time, enabling him to probe deep existential questions that resonate beyond mere entertainment. This anthology is a compelling introduction to Dick's visionary thought and is highly recommended for readers who seek to engage with profound philosophical concepts while enjoying thrilling narratives. "In the Parallel Universe" invites readers to question their perceptions, making it an essential read for both fans of science fiction and those intrigued by the complexities of reality.

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Jason Taverner is a Six, the result of top secret government experiments forty years before which produced a handful of unnaturally bright and beautiful people ' and he's the prime-time idol of millions until, inexplicably, all record of him is wiped from the data banks of Earth. Suddenly he's a nobody in a police state where nobody is allowed to be a nobody. Will he ever be rich and famous again? Was he, in fact, ever rich and famous?

He fixed things-clocks, refrigerators, vid-senders and destinies. But he had no business in the future, where the calculators could not handle him. He was Earth's only hope-and its sure failure A classic tale of intrigue and time travel. Philip K. Dick was one of science fiction's most influential author. He was a Hugo Award winner. More than a dozen of his novels and short stories have been adapted for the screen including Blade Runner, The Minority Report, Total Recall, The Adjustment Bureau, A Scanner Darkly, Screamers, and The Man in the High Castle.

He fixed things-clocks, refrigerators, vid-senders and destinies. But he had no business in the future, where the calculators could not handle him. He was Earth's only hope-and its sure failure A classic tale of intrigue and time travel. Philip K. Dick was one of science fiction's most influential author. He was a Hugo Award winner. More than a dozen of his novels and short stories have been adapted for the screen including Blade Runner, The Minority Report, Total Recall, The Adjustment Bureau, A Scanner Darkly, Screamers, and The Man in the High Castle.

Fourteen strangers came to Delmak-O. Thirteen of them were transferred by the usual authorities. One got there by praying. But once they arrived on that planet whose very atmosphere seemed to induce paranoia and psychosis, the newcomers found that even prayer was useless. For on Delmak-O, God is either absent or intent on destroying His creations.

A philosophical science fiction novel from Hugo Award-winning author Philip K. Dick, Radio Free Albemuth is a visionary alternate history of a dystopian United States, full of the conspiracy theories and religious themes that became the foundation for his celebrated VALIS trilogy. It is the late 1960s, and a paranoid incompetent has schemed his way into the White House and convulsed America into a vicious war against imaginary, internal enemies. Philip K. Dick, a struggling science fiction writer, is trying to keep from becoming one of that war's casualties. Meanwhile, Dick's best friend, record executive Nicholas Brady, is receiving transmissions from an extraterrestrial entity that may also happen to be God--an entity that apparently wants him to overthrow the president. Suspenseful and darkly hilarious, Radio Free Albemuth cements Dick as the twentieth century's greatest prankster-prophet. "An intense, often very moving book...touching on all the major Philip K. Dick themes."--Philadelphia Inquirer

Collected here in this massive one hundred story anthology are more than three hundred thousand words of world class science fiction, fantasy, and horror by some of the greatest writers the field has ever known. Hours and hours of reading enjoyment await Jackie Sees a Star by Marion Zimmer Bradley All Cats are Gray by Andre Norton Song in a Minor Key by C. L. Moore Travel Diary by Alfred Bester Pythias by Frederik Pohl The Good Neighbors by Edgar Pangborn The Sound of Silence by Barbara Constant The Intruder by Emil Petaja An Ounce of Cure by Alan Edward Nourse Longevity by Therese Windser The Ghost of Mohammed Din by Clark Ashton Smith Of Time and Texas by William F. Nolan Native Son by Thelma Hamm Evans Gorgono and Slith by Ray Bradbury The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick The Putnam Tradition by Sonya Dorman Gods of the North by Robert E. Howard Small World by William F. Nolan Nightmare on the Nose by Evelyn E. Smith Collector's Item by Robert F. Young Crossroads of Destiny by H. Beam Piper The Hoofer by Walter M. Miller, Jr. Doorstep by Keith Laumer The Jovian Jest by Lilith Lorraine Dream World by R. A. Lafferty Shatter the Wall by Sydney Van Scyoc The Big Engine by Fritz Leiber Misbegotten Missionary by Isaac Asimov The One and the Many by Milton Lesser The Glory of Ippling by Helen M. Urban 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Disqualified by Charles L. Fontenay No Strings Attached by Lester del Rey Zeritsky's Law by Ann Griffith Navy Day by Harry Harrison The Undersea Tube by Lucile Taylor Hansen Probability by Louis Trimble No Shield from the Dead by Gordon R. Dickson I'll Kill You Tomorrow by Helen Huber The Secret of Kralitz by Henry Kuttner Never Stop to Pat a Kitten by Miriam Allen deFord More than Shadow by Dorothy Quick The Monkey Spoons by Mary Elizabeth Counselman Witch of the Demon Seas by Poul Anderson The Piebald Hippogriff by Karen Anderson The Vampire of Wembley by Edgar Wallace Riya's Foundling by Algis Budrys Ask a Foolish Question by Robert Sheckley Flight From Tomorrow by H. Beam Piper Robots of the World Arise by Mari Wolf The Worlds of If by Stanley G. Weinbaum The Adventurer by C. M. Kornbluth Decision by Frank M. Robinson The Waker Dreams by Richard Matheson A Matter of Proportion by Anne Walker One-Shot by James Blish The Man with the Nose by Rhoda Broughton Operation Haystack by Frank Herbert The Man Who Saw the Future by Edmond Hamilton Common Denominator by John D. MacDonald The Natives by Katherine MacLEAN The Lonely by Judith Merril The Street That Wasn't There by Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi Food for Friendship by E. C. Tubb Half Around Pluto by Manly Wade Wellman The Cosmic Express by Jack Williamson The Next Logical Step by Ben Bova They Twinkled like Jewels by Philip Jos Farmer Postmark Ganymede by Robert Silverberg Hot Planet by Hal Clement The Tenth Scholar by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem A Little Journey by Ray Bradbury Strain by L. Ron Hubbard The Time of Cold by Mary Carlson The Customs Lounge by Annie Proulx I, Executioner by Ted White and Terry Carr and many more

Collected here in this massive one hundred story anthology are more than three hundred thousand words of world class science fiction, fantasy, and horror by some of the greatest writers the field has ever known. Hours and hours of reading enjoyment await Jackie Sees a Star by Marion Zimmer Bradley All Cats are Gray by Andre Norton Song in a Minor Key by C. L. Moore Travel Diary by Alfred Bester Pythias by Frederik Pohl The Good Neighbors by Edgar Pangborn The Sound of Silence by Barbara Constant The Intruder by Emil Petaja An Ounce of Cure by Alan Edward Nourse Longevity by Therese Windser The Ghost of Mohammed Din by Clark Ashton Smith Of Time and Texas by William F. Nolan Native Son by Thelma Hamm Evans Gorgono and Slith by Ray Bradbury The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick The Putnam Tradition by Sonya Dorman Gods of the North by Robert E. Howard Small World by William F. Nolan Nightmare on the Nose by Evelyn E. Smith Collector's Item by Robert F. Young Crossroads of Destiny by H. Beam Piper The Hoofer by Walter M. Miller, Jr. Doorstep by Keith Laumer The Jovian Jest by Lilith Lorraine Dream World by R. A. Lafferty Shatter the Wall by Sydney Van Scyoc The Big Engine by Fritz Leiber Misbegotten Missionary by Isaac Asimov The Glory of Ippling by Helen M. Urban Where There's Hope by Jerome Bixby 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Disqualified by Charles L. Fontenay No Strings Attached by Lester del Rey Zeritsky's Law by Ann Griffith Say Hello for Me by Frank W. Coggins Navy Day by Harry Harrison The Undersea Tube by Lucile Taylor Hansen Probability by Louis Trimble No Shield from the Dead by Gordon R. Dickson I'll Kill You Tomorrow by Helen Huber The Secret of Kralitz by Henry Kuttner Never Stop to Pat a Kitten by Miriam Allen deFord More than Shadow by Dorothy Quick The Monkey Spoons by Mary Elizabeth Counselman Witch of the Demon Seas by Poul Anderson The Piebald Hippogriff by Karen Anderson Riya's Foundling by Algis Budrys Ask a Foolish Question by Robert Sheckley Flight From Tomorrow by H. Beam Piper Robots of the World Arise by Mari Wolf The Worlds of If by Stanley G. Weinbaum The Adventurer by C. M. Kornbluth Decision by Frank M. Robinson The Waker Dreams by Richard Matheson A Matter of Proportion by Anne Walker One-Shot by James Blish McILVAINE'S Star by August Derleth The Man with the Nose by Rhoda Broughton Operation Haystack by Frank Herbert The Nothing Equation by Tom Godwin The Man Who Saw the Future by Edmond Hamilton Common Denominator by John D. MacDonald The Natives by Katherine MacLEAN The Lonely by Judith Merril The Street That Wasn't There by Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi Food for Friendship by E. C. Tubb Half Around Pluto by Manly Wade Wellman Project Hush by William Tenn Time Enough At Last by Lynn Venable Bride of the Dark One by Florence Verbell Brown The Cosmic Express by Jack Williamson The Next Logical Step by Ben Bova They Twinkled like Jewels by Philip Jos Farmer Shandy by Ron Goulart Tight Squeeze by Dean C. Ing Extracts from the Galactick Almanack by Laurence Janifer and many more

'Dick's best work, and the most memorable alternative world tale...ever written' SCIENCE FICTION: THE 100 BEST NOVELSIt is 1962 and the Second World War has been over for seventeen years: people have now had a chance to adjust to the new order. But it's not been easy. The Mediterranean has been drained to make farmland, the population of Africa has virtually been wiped out and America has been divided between the Nazis and the Japanese. In the neutral buffer zone that divides the two superpowers lives the man in the high castle, the author of an underground bestseller, a work of fiction that offers an alternative theory of world history in which the Axis powers didn't win the war. The novel is a rallying cry for all those who dream of overthrowing the occupiers. But could it be more than that? Subtle, complex and beautifully characterized, The Man in the High Castle remains the finest alternative world novel ever written, and a work of profundity and significance.

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This is the fantasy anthology you've been looking for. Two hundred thousands words that will sweep you away to realms you've never imagined by some of the greatest writers the fantasy field has ever known. Pygmalion's Spectacles by Stanley Weinbaum Lean Times in Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber The Tree of Life by C. L. Moore The Hunt by Steve Rasnic Tem Beyond the Door by Philip K. Dick The Wild One Marion Zimmer Bradley Second Sight Alan E. Nourse Visitors' Night at Joey Chicago's by Mike Resnick The Lost Gods by Dorothy Quick Beyond the Black River Robert E. Howard Show of Shows by Gene Mederos Dream World by R. A. Lafferty The Trader by Nicole Givens Kurtz Subject to Change Ron Goulart Storm over Warlock Andre Norton Witch of the Demon Seas Poul Anderson The Laminated Woman by Evelyn E. Smith The Hunt by Brea Viragh The Salem Horror by Henry Kuttner Shatter the Wall by Sydney Van Scyoc Wizard by Laurence Janifer Famous Dead People by Warren Lapine Warm by Robert Sheckley How the Bells Came from Yang to Hubei by Brenda Clough

Romanen Näst sista sanningen av Philip K Dick i översättning av Andreas Vesterlund och med efterord av John-Henri Holmberg. Under 1960-talet författade Dick romaner i en rasande fart, flera per år, romaner som i vår tid görs till filmer, och vi blir ständigt lika förundrade: Hur var det möjligt? Hur kunde denna geniale författare kasta ur sig roman efter roman med alla dessa varierade och preciserade framtidsdetaljer och hela framtidsscenarier som 50 år senare fortfarande känns aktuella, häpnadsväckande på kornet och till och med framåtblickande? Dick var som person mycket speciell. Han var manisk och paranoid och full av konspirationsteorier. Allt är bedrägligt, ingen trygghet finns, allt kan vara manipulerat. Han var inte lätt att leva med, kvinnorna i hans liv stod bara ut med honom i några år vardera. När just denna bok skrevs, 1964, var han 36 år och gift för tredje gången. Hustrun hette Ann Rubenstein, med henne hade han fått dottern Laura 1960. Äktenskapet knakade i fogarna. Det blev skilsmässa kort senare och strax gifte han sig på nytt, nu med Nancy Hackett som han 1967 fick dottern Isolde med. Han fick i sina fem äktenskap sammanlagt tre barn (tredje barnet var sonen Christopher som han fick 1973 med femte frun Leslie Busby). Mellan äktenskapen hade han otaliga förhållanden som bara varade några månader. Kvinnorna blev förälskade och ställde upp för denne djupt komplicerade man, så lång eller kort tid de orkade. Det Dickmästerverk som Bakhåll nu avtäcker, och som för första gången utkommer på svenska, bär titeln The Penultimate Truth. Svenska titeln blir Näst sista sanningen. Handlingen utspelar sig år 2025. Ett tredje världskrig har tvingat ner merparten av mänskligheten i underjordiska anläggningar eftersom förhållandena på jordens yta enligt officiella uppgifter är radioaktivt hälsovådliga. Dessutom pågår kriget fortfarande. Påstås det. En av anläggningarna - uppkallad efter stumfilmsstjärnan Tom Mix - är robotfabrik och tillverkar maskiner som levereras till härskarna däruppe. Befolkningen hålls informerad via TV-utsända tillrättalagda dokumentärer och studiofilmade politikerframträdanden. Mediaflödet är tänkandet. Bildskärmen är världen. Åter ser vi hur Dick förutspår förhållandena i vår tid. Den manipulerande massmediacynism som han målar upp i denna roman från 1964 framstår på många sätt som en träffsäker skildring av de makt- och massmediastrukturer vi har idag. Av hur härskare som Trump och Putin härskar. Hur man erövrar och utökar makten genom att äga, ljuga och överrösta. Romanens huvudperson - Nick - är ordförande i Tom Mix-anläggningen och avkrävs ännu tätare robotleveranser. När hans chefstekniker blir allvarligt sjuk bestämmer han sig för att ta sig upp till marknivån för att söka hjälp... Philip K Dicks roman Näst sista sanningen. Översättning Andreas Vesterlund, efterord John-Henri Holmberg. ISBN 978-91-7742-498-7. Högkvalitetspapper, sydda ark, mjuka pärmar med flikar. 240 sidor.

After a devastating war between the United States and the Soviet Union mankind has taken refuge beneath Earth's surface. But the war continues above ground, with robots called "leadys" fighting on our behalf, or so the humans think. The Defenders was later expanded into a full-length novel entitled The Penultimate Truth, published in 1964.