Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick


Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick
read: 2013

A lot of themes run through Philip K. Dick's work. Below is something of a reference for his Selected Stories collection:

Dick as horror writer / There is a secret, hidden world happening parallel with our world that we aren't even aware of: "King of the Elves," "Imposter," "Roog," "Adjustment Team," "Upon the Dull Earth," "Precious Artifact," "A Game of Unchance," "Faith of Our Fathers," "Rautavaara's Case"

Characters don't know what reality is: "Imposter," "Precious Artifact," "The Electric Ant," "The Exit Door Leads In," "I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon"

Fatalism / Destiny: "The Minority Report," "A Little Something For Us Tempunauts," "Paycheck"

Memory / Manipulation of memory: "Paycheck," "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," "The Electric Ant," "I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon"

Humanity creating things (especially robots) that it can no longer control: "Second Variety," "Autofac"

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