Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick to have been the greatest scie
nce fiction writer on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in
Dick's works has continued to mount and his reputation has been enhanced by a gr
owing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now presented annu
ally 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 include
s all of the writer's earliest short and medium-length fiction covering the year
s 1954-1964, and featuring such fascinating tales as "The Minority Report "(the
inspiration for Steven Spielberg's film), "Service Call, Stand-By, The Days of P
erky 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.
