{"product_id":"paycheck-and-other-classic-stories-9780806537962","title":"Paycheck and Other Classic Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith a Preface by the Author and an Introduction by Roger Zelazny\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The collected stories of Philip K. Dick are awe inspiring.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders 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 works 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection draws from the writer's earliest short and medium-length fiction (including several previously unpublished stories), written during the years 1952-1955, and features such fascinating stories as \u003ci\u003ePaycheck \u003c\/i\u003e (adapted as a major motion picture starring Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman), \u003ci\u003eBeyond Lies the Wub, The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford, The Variable Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. Here, readers will find Dick's initial explorations of the themes he so brilliantly brought to life in his later work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDick won the prestigious Hugo Award for the best novel of 1963 for \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the High Castle\u003c\/i\u003e. In the last year of his life, the film Blade Runner was made from his novel \u003ci\u003eDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?\u003c\/i\u003e More recently, Dick's short story \u003ci\u003eThe Minority Report \u003c\/i\u003e inspired Steven Spielberg's movie of the same title. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe classic stories of Philip K. Dick offer an intriguing glimpse into the imagination of one of science fiction's most enduring and respected names. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Philip K. Dick's best books always describe a future that is both entirely recognizable and utterly unimaginable.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really puts you inside people's minds.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Citadel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806537962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Philip K. Dick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44916326826165,"sku":"9780806537962","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_53d7c7a3-d21e-426b-ac6f-a65a3dd6e0b5.jpg?v=1734449955","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/paycheck-and-other-classic-stories-9780806537962","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}