We Can Remember It for you Wholesale and Other Classic Stories

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Includes the stories that inspired the major motion pictures Total Recall and The Adjustment Bureau “The collected stories of Philip K. Dick are awe-inspiring.” — Washington Post Countless 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 as well as many films based on his stories and novels. Featuring the story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, which inspired the major motion picture Total Recall , this collection draws from the writer’s earliest fiction, written during the years 1952-55. Also included are fascinating works such as The Adjustment Team (basis of the 2011 movie The Adjustment Bureau ), Impostor (basis of the 2001 movie), and many others. 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? More recently, Dick’s short story The Minority Report inspired 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. “A useful acquisition for any serious SF library or collection.” — Kirkus Reviews “More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really puts you inside people’s minds.” — Wall Street Journal With an Introduction by Norman Spinrad Review: Amazing collection - 'We Can Remember It For You Wholesale'(made into a film,'Total Recall', can't wait for the new Colin Farell version as well, 2012) is the second volume of Philip K.Dick's volume of short stories. All of the stories in this volume are at most very interesting and thought out. Yet there are quite a few great ones as well, the ones you'll read again and again or share with a friend or family member. The stories here are just as or more so interesting in this day of age than at the time of his career. Only now are we all getting to know this fabulous writer through the movies that are inspired from his work.(Minority Report, Paycheck, A Scanner Darkly, Bladerunner) Most of the stories here are science fiction, mystery and the curiosity and nature of mankind, time travel and the questions of "Am I who I think I am?". One of my favorite stories is 'The Cosmic Poachers',where humans intercept an alien craft for it's cargo of eggs, yet not knowing the risk of whatever is inside those eggs. Or the story, 'A Surface Raid', in a future apocalypse the people of the underground world set forth upward to capture the mostly extinct humans, but in the view of one man from beneath, the humans are....better? In 'The Trouble With Bubbles', mankind is depressed because they never found life outside the solar system, so instead everyone creates their own miniature worlds with full life and fauna, only every year to get together at the awards ceremony to smash their worlds to bits. Others such as 'Jon's World', 'A Present For Pat','James P.Crow' and 'The impossible Planet' are lovely and intricate sci-fi stories. These are stories that grab you and at most times at the very end of the story he'll throw in something you never saw coming. Philips work is broad and extraordinary, and his characters, even in these shorts are brought to life on the paper. This is a great volume of his early writing and an excellent choice for a reader being introduced to his work. Philip K.Dick will always be remembered as one of the greatest sci-fi writers of all time. 27 stories include:1)The Cookie Lady 2)Beyond The Door 3)Prominent Author 4)WCRIFYW 5)Jon's World 6)The Cosmic Poachers 7)Progeny 8)Some Kinds Of Life 9)Martians Come In Clouds 10)The Commuter 11)The World She Wanted 12)A Surface Raid 13)Project: Earth 14)The Trouble With Bubbles 15)Breakfast At Twilight 16)A Present For Pat 17)the Hood Maker 18)Of Withered Apples 19)Human Is 20)Adjustment Team 21)The Impossible Planet 22)Impostor 23)James P.Crow 24)Planet For Transients 25)Small Town 26) Souvenir 27)Survey Team Review: How did I miss Dick when I was younger? - I am enjoying this collection more than ever I would have imagined! Have to get them all...