The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford and Other Classic Stories (The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Vol. 1) (Vol 1)

Many thousands of 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. 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. This collection includes all of the writer's earliest short and medium-length fiction (including several previously unpublished stories) covering the years 1954-1964, and featuring such fascinating works as Minority Report (the inspiration for Steven Spielberg's film), Service Call, Stand By, The Days of Perky Pat, and many others. Here, readers will find Dick's initial explorations of the themes he so brilliantly brought to life in his later work. 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? The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick offers 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 Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in his works has continued to mount, and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. 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 film Blade Runner was made from his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? This volume includes all of the writer's earliest short and medium-length fiction (including some previously unpublished stories) covering the years 1952-1955. Volume 1/5. Contents: - Stability - Roog - The Little Movement - Beyond Lies the Wub - The Gun - The Skull - The Defenders - Mr. Spaceship - Piper in the Woods - The Infinites - The Preserving Machine - Expendable - The Variable Man - The Indefatigable Frog - The Crystal Crypt - The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford - The Builder - Meddler - Paycheck - The Great C - Out in the Garden - The King of the Elves - Colony - Prize Ship - Nanny Other editions of this volume have the same list of stories, and were published under these titles: - Beyond Lies the Wub, - Paycheck and Other Classic Stories, - The King of the Elves (+1 extra story). v. 1. The short happy life of the brown oxford v. 2. We can remember it for you wholesale v. 3. Second variety v. 4. The minority report v. 5. The eye of the sibyl.