Anthologies, United States, Adventure, Hard Science Fiction, Short Stories, Cyberpunk 

This collection draws from Philip K. Dick's earliest short and mid-length fiction (including several previously unpublished stories) during the years 1952-1955, and features such fascinating works as 'The Eye of the Sibyl', 'The Little Black Box', 'The Electric Ant' and many others. Here, readers will find Dick's initial explorations of the themes he so brilliantly brought to life in his later work. 

Synopsis
The collected stories of Philip K. Dick are awe inspiring. The Washington Post
Many thousands of readers worldwide consider Philip K. Dick to have been the greatest science fiction writer on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's work has continued to mount and his reputation has been enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now presented 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This collection draws from the writer s earliest short and medium-length fiction (including several previously unpublished stories) during the years 1952 1955, and features such fascinating works asThe Eye of the Sibyl, The Little Black Box, The Electric Ant, and many others.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 forThe Man in the High Castleand in the last year of his life, the now-classic filmBlade Runnerwas made from his novelDo Androids Dream Electric Sheep?More recently, Dick s short storyThe Minority Reportinspired a Steven Spielberg movie as well as a TV series.
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.
Philip K. Dick s best books always describe a future that is both entirely recognizable and utterly unimaginable. The New York Times Book Review
More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really puts you inside people s minds. The Wall Street Journal" 

Genre/Form: Science fiction
Short stories
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Philip K Dick; Thomas M Disch
ISBN: 9780806537979 0806537973
OCLC Number: 936532446
Notes: " Citadel Press Books"--Title page verso.
Description: 395 pages ; 23 cm
Contents: The little black box --
The war with the Fnools --
Precious artifact --
Retreat syndrome --
A terran odyssey --
Your appointment will be yesterday --
Holy quarrel --
A game of unchance --
Not by its cover --
Return match --
Faith of our fathers --
The story to end all stories for Harlan Ellison's anthology Dangerous visions --
The electric ant --
Cadbury, the beaver who lacked --
A little something for us tempunauts --
The pre-persons --
The eye of the Sibyl --
The day Mr.Computer fell out of its tree --
The exit door leads in --
Chains of air, web of aether --
Strange memories of death --
I hope I shall arrive soon --
Rautavaara's case --
The alien mind --
Notes.
Responsibility: by Philip K. Dick ; introduction by Thomas M. Disch.