Minority Report and Other Stories (Unabridged Stories)

By: Philip K. Dick

Narrated by: Keir Dullea

Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

Viewed by many as the greatest science fiction writer on any planet, Philip K. Dick has written some of the most intriguing, original, and thought-provoking fiction of our time. This collection includes stories that will make you laugh, cringe...and stop and think.

In "The Minority Report," a special unit that employs those with the power of precognition to prevent crimes proves itself less than reliable. This story was the basis of the feature film Minority Report.

In, "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," an everyguy's yearning for more exciting "memories" places him in a danger he never could have imagined. This story was the basis of the feature film Total Recall.

In "Paycheck," a mechanic who has no memory of the previous two years of his life finds that a bag of seemingly worthless and unrelated objects can actually unlock the secret of his recent past, and insure that he has a future. This story was the basis of the feature film Paycheck.

In "Second Variety," the UN's technological advances to win a global war veer out of control, threatening to destroy all of humankind. This story was the basis of the feature film Screamers.

And "The Eyes Have It" is a whimsical, laugh-out-loud play on the words of the title.

©1987 The Estate of Philip K. Dick (P)2001 and © 2002 HarperCollinsPublishers, Inc.

Dick always has great storylines.

If you could sum up Minority Report and Other Stories (Unabridged Stories) in three words, what would they be?

Great stories, well read.

What other book might you compare Minority Report and Other Stories (Unabridged Stories) to and why?

Can't think of any.

Which character – as performed by Keir Dullea – was your favorite?

Give me a break.

If you could take any character from Minority Report and Other Stories (Unabridged Stories) out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Are you seriously asking this question? Did a middle school student think this up?

Loved it!

This is a great collection of stories. High concept, but still clean. The last story is pretty funny. It's well worth the price.

Interesting, But Dated

This is a fascinating look at short stories that were perverted or realized with varying degrees of success (and fidelity) by translation into movies. Most stories are quite entertaining, but dated in their "future tech" and also in the sociental attitudes implicit in Dick's writing. All in all, an enjoyable, if not deeply moving read.

These stories are not like any movie I’ve ever see

If they had made the true story of the ‘Minority Report’ into a movie it would have flopped. Gee what would Tom Cruise do? The truth is I like this story better than any movie and its better. The second story was ‘We Can Remember It For You Wholesale’ which was the basis for ‘Total Recall’. Which all I can say is it’s different from any movie. It’s nice to see where they came up with ‘Total Recall’. As soon as I heard the beginning of ‘Paycheck’ I thought of the Ben Affleck movie called ‘Paycheck’. Hearing this story the movie Ben Affleck makes more sense. I like this version better and it’s better and shorter. The next is ‘Second Variety’ and it was the basis for the movie ‘Screamers’. Which was a good 80’s movie. The original story is great! I love it without all the Hollywood mumbo jumbo in it! It’s too bad they tried to ‘enhance it with their ‘magic’ because it ended up ruining the story. The Eyes Have It - Just sit back and laugh!

Good narration, decent collection

Solid collection of four long and one lil bonus story, well-narrated. Worth the listen.

Writing + Narration = Perfect 10

PKD is just complete, from characters to motivation to suspense. Keir Dullea is a great narrator, wish he'd have done more audio books, great pace and unique voicing.

The problem is the formatting

Great stories. Excellent narrator. But the Audible chapters chop up the stories, so rather than the stories starting each chapter, they start in the middle of them. Terrible set up.

I didn't realize!

I didn't know how how influential Dyck was in Hollywood. So many movies based off these short stories! Good fun

Classics - poorly edited

Among the stories in the collection are those made into Hollywood movies, like Minority Report, Total Recall, and Paycheck. They're still worth a listen as Hollywood chose to "adapt" them and the movies only resemble the stories. The stories are classics and have aged well over the past several decades.

However, I can't entirely recommend the book. First, the book is very poorly edited and organized. The chapters do not coincide with the stories; in the middle of an audio chapter, another story begins. There are also random musical interludes with no apparent purpose. This is more an irritation than something which affects the story. Still, it's inexcusable and seems easy to have fixwd. Second, there are only a handful of stories. Many listeners may be better served by buying a larger collection of Dick's works.

The reader is generally good. The low performance score reflects the poor editing and organization of the book.

Amazing performance - confusing editing

Keir Dullea is amazing. Best known for his nearly wooden character from 2001: a space odyssey, here he shows depth and richness in multiple characterizations and excellent accents and I found his familiar voice soothing. Sadly I just can’t tell where one story ends and another begins most of the time. There are musical interludes but not necessarily at the start of a new story. Oh well, PKD bends reality anyway, so maybe it’s fitting.