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Selected Stories Of Philip K. Dick (2002)

by Philip K. Dick(Favorite Author)

4.18 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0544040546 (ISBN13: 9780544040540)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

review 1: The good stories in this collection for me were "Paycheck", "Second Variety", "Adjustment Team", "Upon the Dull Earth", "The Minority Report", "Precious Artifact", and "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale".The amazing stories in this collection for me were "Faith of Our Fathers", "The Electric Ant", "A Little Something for Us Tempunauts", "The Exit Door Leads In", "Rautavaara's Case", and "I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon."That's 7 good stories, and 6 amazing stories out of a total of 21 stories. The amazing stories were the last 6 and are what elevated the rating of this collection of P.K.D's stories for me to 4 stars. Reading this book was worth it, just for the last 6 stories alone. I recommend it, especially the last 6 stories. I do not know if the stories were in chronolog... moreical order as to when they were written, but that would make sense to me since the last 6 stories seemed to have been the culmination and climax of P.K.D's writing powers in this collection.Overall I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book even with the 8 stories that in my opinion weren't all that great.
review 2: A very interesting reading. It was especially enlightening to see how film adaptations actually worked, how little was kept of the original plot. I must agree that I tend to prefer these short stories to the novels, but that doesn't mean I don't absolutely love most of his novels. Short stories are more intense and to the point.Giving a rating story per story, I'd say:"Beyond Lies the Wub" ****"Roog" *****"Paycheck" *** (a rare instance where I liked the movie better somewhat)"Second Variety" **** (the movie is surprisingly true to the story except for the ending)"Impostor" *****"The King of the Elves" **"Adjustment Team" *****"Foster, You're Dead!" *****"Upon the Dull Earth" ***** (the best of the whole book I think!)"Autofac" *****"The Minority Report" ***** (as I thought, Spielberg just butchered an excellent story)"The Days of Perky Pat" ****"Precious Artifact" ***"A Game of Unchance" ****"We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" *** (incredible how they managed to make a movie like Total Recall based on such a sketchy story)"Faith of Our Fathers" ***"The Electric Ant" ***"A Little Something for Us Tempunauts" ****"The Exit Door Leads In" ****"Rautavaara's Case" *****"I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon" **** less

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