The Philip K. Dick Reader

The Philip K. Dick Reader is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Citadel Twilight in 1997. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines If, Science Fiction Adventures, Science Fiction Stories, Orbit, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Imagination, Future, Galaxy Science Fiction, Beyond Fantasy Fiction, Satellite, Imaginative Tales, Fantastic Universe and Space Science Fiction. It is identical in content and order to the edition of volume 3 of the Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick produced by the same publisher apart from the substitution of three stories in positions 21-23 of 24 and the omission of the end notes in the Collected Stories edition. At press time, stories 21 and 24 had already been made into successful movie adaptations and stories 22 and 23 had been optioned.

The Philip K. Dick Reader

Cover of the first edition
Author	Philip K. Dick
Cover artist	Zina Saunders
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Published	1997 (Citadel Twilight)
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	422
ISBN	0-8065-1856-1
OCLC	36074558

Contents

1. "Fair Game" (1959)
2. "The Hanging Stranger" (1953)
3. "The Eyes Have It" (1953)
4. "The Golden Man" (1954)^[1]
5. "The Turning Wheel" (1954)
6. "The Last of the Masters" (1954)
7. "The Father-Thing" (1954)
8. "Strange Eden" (1954)
9. "Tony and the Beetles" (1954)
10. "Null-O" (1958)
11. "To Serve the Master" (1956)^[2]
12. "Exhibit Piece" (1954)
13. "The Crawlers" (1954)
14. "Sales Pitch" (1954)
15. "Shell Game" (1954)^[3]
16. "Upon the Dull Earth" (1954)
17. "Foster, You're Dead!" (1955)
18. "Pay for the Printer" (1956)
19. "War Veteran" (1955)
20. "The Chromium Fence" (1955)
21. "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" (1966)^[4]
22. "The Minority Report" (1956)^[5]
23. "Paycheck" (1953)^[6]
24. "Second Variety" (1953)^[7]

References

• Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)". Retrieved 2008-01-13.

1. Adapted as the 2007 film Next
2. "To Serve the Master". the world Dick made. 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
3. Later expanded as the 1964 novel Clans of the Alphane Moon
4. Adapted as the 1990 film Total Recall
5. Adapted as the 2002 film Minority Report
6. Adapted as the 2003 film Paycheck
7. Adapted as the 1995 film Screamers