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What is a Wub? Perhaps a play on words by Philip K. Dick in this 1952 science fiction short story that first appeared in Planet Stories. As Philip K. Dick describes it, a Wub is an extremely ugly piglike creature, inhabiting the planet Mars, that may be good to eat. Most of the crew of the space ship are repulsed, however, when it speaks. But not the Captain, leading to a very interesting turn of events.

Con una galleria di personaggi magnificamente dipinti, Dick ci porta nella California della fine degli anni Cinquanta, dove si muovono quattro grandi protagonisti: Fay Hume, una donna bella, aggressiva e materialista; il marito Charles, un self-made man che possiede una casa di lusso e una proprietà di dieci acri, totalmente incapace di rapportarsi con la moglie; Nathan Anteil, un giovane e smarrito intellettuale; infine il fratello di Fay, Jack Isidore, l'artista del titolo, il personaggio più affascinante del romanzo.

The Crawlers is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. Submitted under the title Foundling Home, it was first published as The Crawlers in Imagination magazine, July 1954. The story starts out from the point of view of a crawler constructing one of its curious hives. The crawler seems sentient and to genuinely enjoy building its odd dwelling. The story is set in a small Midwestern town, with references later in the story to mysterious "pools" which seem to cause mutations.

Nella città di Los Angeles una nuova droga, chiamata "Sostanza M", semina follia e devastazione. Nessuno sa cosa contenga, da dove provenga o chi la stia vendendo. Ma sono in tantissimi a usarla. Uno di loro è Bob Arctor, le cui giornate trascorrono tra sballi, incubi, conversazioni assurde con i suoi amici tossici, avventure tragicomiche. Bob è in realtà un agente della Narcotici infiltrato, anche se nessuno sa della sua doppia vita. Quando deve riferire ai superiori, indossa una tuta disindividuante, in modo che neanche i colleghi possano riconoscerlo, e diventa l'agente Fred.

The terrible destruction of total nuclear war between the Western and Eastern Blocks has succeeded in sterilizing the surface of the earth. No living creature can now exist there and all humans, on both sides, have fled to the hives built miles below the surface where they constantly work to produce the war materials necessary to carry on the battle. For eight years now, the actual fighting between these super powers has been conducted by robots known as Ledeys.

Il terzo volume della raccolta di straordinari racconti di Philip K. Dick, i primi scritti del più geniale tra gli innovatori del genere della fantascienza. Un totale di trentatré racconti, pubblicati tra il 1947 e il 1953, di un Philip K. Dick che muove i primi passi nella letteratura fantascientifica.

Encircled by the Centaurian Empire, the growing Terran system is being suppressed and prevented from expanding. Terra is desperate to break free, and a war with Proxima Centauri ensues. It’s a battle of technology, with the two sides just barely staying ahead of one another. Then Thomas Cole arrives from 1913.

Ceci est l'histoire d'un homme dont tout le monde semble avoir oublié l'existence et l'identité. La veille encore, il était Jason Taverner, producteur de télévision respecté, chanteur à ses heures et idole d'au moins trente millions de téléspectateurs. Mais lorsqu'il s'éveille dans une chambre sordide un matin, il semble être le seul être humain au monde à savoir qui était - qui avait été - Jason Taverner. Ses amis, ses collaborateurs, et même Heather, sa maîtresse et complice de toujours, affirment ne jamais l'avoir rencontré.

"The Variable Man" is a science fiction story by Philip K. Dick. Excerpt: At this moment, 9:30 AM, May 7, 2136, the statistical ratio on the SRB machines stood at 21-17 on the Centauran side of the ledger. All facts considered, the odds favored a successful repulsion by Proxima Centaurus of a Terran military attack. 21-17 on the Centauran side. But a month ago it had been 24-18 in the enemy's favor. Things were improving, slowly but steadily. Centaurus, older and less virile than Terra, was unable to match Terra's rate of technocratic advance.

Mr. Spaceship is set in the distant future, where humanity is at war with "Yuks", an alien life form which does not use mechanical spaceships nor constructions. Instead, it relies on life forms. The war has been going on for a long time, and humanity has not been able to come up with a solution against the life form-based ships and mines that the Yuks use. One day, a team of researchers led by our hero Philip Kramer decides to build a spaceship which is powered by a human brain!

Philip K. Dick skrev nogle af sine mest ildevarslende fremtidsvisioner om USA i novelleform i 50erne. Deres kredsen om temaer som overvågningssamfundet, tiden og det menneskelige - og den totale paranoia - har siden fascineret laesere verden over. - Og i de sidste 20 år biografgaengere med, for siden 1982, hvor Ridley Scott for første gang filmatiserede Philip K. Dick, er flere af hans noveller omformet til biografens laerred - og i et stadig voksende tempo.

Philip K. Dick skrev nogle af sine mest ildevarslende fremtidsvisioner om USA i novelleform i 50erne. Deres kredsen om temaer som overvågningssamfundet, tiden og det menneskelige - og den totale paranoia - har siden fascineret laesere verden over. - Og i de sidste 20 år biografgaengere med, for siden 1982, hvor Ridley Scott for første gang filmatiserede Philip K. Dick, er flere af hans noveller omformet til biografens laerred - og i et stadig voksende tempo.

Philip K. Dick skrev nogle af sine mest ildevarslende fremtidsvisioner om USA i novelleform i 50erne. Deres kredsen om temaer som overvågningssamfundet, tiden og det menneskelige - og den totale paranoia - har siden fascineret laesere verden over. - Og i de sidste 20 år biografgaengere med, for siden 1982, hvor Ridley Scott for første gang filmatiserede Philip K. Dick, er flere af hans noveller omformet til biografens laerred - og i et stadig voksende tempo.

This audiobook contains stories from the pen of Philip K. Dick, a science-fiction writer of the 50's. The stories are: "Beyond Lies the Wub", "The Gun" & "Beyond the Door".

In "Crystal Crypt", taken from the 1954 Planet Stories, the war between Mars and Terra is about to erupt and Earth has only merchants and salesmen to fight; can they carry out their mission? Will Earth be defeated, or can these non-military people scrape together a defense in time? As usual, Philip Dick gives us a rousing, highly entertaining, and exciting story with a great ending.

"The Skull" is a skilful mesh of time travel, unscrupulous governments, prisoners, and religion - with an assassin thrown in for good measure. Enjoy!

Aliens have invaded the Earth! Horrible one-celled creatures disguised as normal human beings! Well, at least that is what it seems to the author. Yes, "The Eyes Have It" is a whimsical story, making gentle fun of certain writing styles, but only a top-flight science-fictionist like Philip Dick , we thought, could have written this story, in just this way.

Travelers from another solar system are drawn to a planet because of a nuclear blast on the planet. The only survivor of the blast appears to be an intelligent gun protecting a treasure. Philip K. Dick leaves us asking the question could this planet be ours?

"Tony and the Beetles" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in 1953. The story is told from the point of view of a young boy, Tony, living on an alien world that humans have conquered. The native species are beetle like creatures called the Pas-udenti, some of whom Tony has befriended. He loses his innocence when they turn against him after news reaches the planet that the war has turned against the humans. A Ten-Year-Old Boy Grows Up Fast When History Catches Up With The Human Race.

"Of Withered Apples" was first published in Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy (July 1954). An apple tree mentally controls a woman in order to live... The story is simple enough on the surface (and perhaps a little too gimmicky in its ending), but what sticks with the reader is the woman's profound frustration, the comic dull stupidity of her husband and father-in-law, and the way nature itself calls, through her many manifestations, to the unquellable sensuality in all of us.