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Indeholder "The Little Black Box", "The War with the Fnools", "A Game of Unchance", "Precious Artifact", "Retreat Syndrome", "A Terran Odyssey", "Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday", "Holy Quarrel", "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale", "Not by its cover", "Return Match", "Faith of Our Fathers",
"The Little Black Box" handler om en Empathy Box som sætter en i forbindelse med en Jesus figur undervejs mod den sikre død.
"The War with the Fnools" handler om krig mod nogle væsener der ville være svære at skelne hvis de ikke kom i helt ens bundter ca 80 cm høje.
"A Game of Unchance" handler om en omrejsende udenjordisk forlystelsespark der med vilje taber nogle små robotter til en lille ussel koloni.
"Precious Artifact" handler om en rekonstruktionsingeniør fra Mars der efter krigen mellem Proxima og Jorden ikke er sikker på hvem der vandt men en lille robotkat hjælper.
"Retreat Syndrome" handler om John Cupertino fra Ganymedes der ikke er sikker på hvor han er eller om han har slået sin kone ihjel.
"A Terran Odyssey" handler om at efter atomkrigen prøver folk i San Francisco at overleve - Stuart McConchie sælger homeostatiske dyrefælder - Walt Dangerfield spiller musik fra sin satellit og Bill Keller bytter plads med en phocomelus.
"Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday" handler om ???
"Holy Quarrel" handler om en forsvarscomputer der vil brintbombe californien pgra nogle tyggegummiautomater - mon den virker eller ej.
"We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" handler om en mand der gerne vil have en kunstig erindring om at han har været på Mars som hemmelig agent - men måske har han allerede været der.
"Not by its cover" handler om at bøger indbundet i wubskind ændrer indhold.
"Return Match" handler om ???
"Faith of Our Fathers" handler om at USA har tabt krigen mod Kina og nu lever under den absolutte velgørers åg.
"The Story to End All Stories" handler om en skitse til en historie med sex-vold-kannibalisme-osv på en halv side.
"The Electric Ant" handler om Garson Poole der opdager at han er en elektrisk myre - dvs en organisk robot - og alle hans sanseindtryk styres af en mikroskopisk hulstrimmel - han klipper den over og det går ud over verden.
"Cadbury, the Beaver Who Lacked" handler om ???
"A Little Something for Us Tempunauts" handler om et hold tidsrejsende bliver dræbt ved ankomsten tilbage - måske for at undslippe en løkke i tiden, måske for at komme ind i den.
"The Pre-Persons" handler om ???
"The Eye of the Sibyl" handler om ???
"The Day Mr Computer Fell out of its Tree" handler om ???
"The Exit Door Leads In" handler om Bibleman der havner på et college og får en loyalitetstest.
"Chains of Air, Web of Aether" handler om en kvinde med multipel sklerose og en mand der passer nogle kommunikationssatellitter langt langt væk - hun har det rigtig skidt.
"Strange Memories of Death" handler om en lejer, der spekulerer over om The Lysol Lady bliver smidt ud af sin lejlighed.
"I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon" handler om Victor Kemmings, der er undervejs til en planet langt væk men kryosøvnen virker ikke helt så han får 10 års repeat af sine egne neurotiske tanker.
"Rautavaara's Case" handler om plasmavæsener fra Proxima - approximationer - holder liv i et menneskes hjerne og udforsker religiøse ideer - guden er mennesket overlegent så Jesus bør spise de troende.
"The Alien Mind" handler om Jason Bedford der kværker sin kat undervejs i en rumfærd og de Fremmede tager raffineret hævn over ham.
"Not by its cover" har min favorit alien en wub som hovedperson, så alene af den grund kan jeg godt lide denne novellesamling
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"The Story to End All Stories", "The Electric Ant", "Cadbury, the Beaver Who Lacked", "A Little Something for Us Tempunauts", "The Pre-Persons", "The Eye of the Sibyl", "The Day Mr Computer Fell out of its Tree", "The Exit Door Leads In", "Chains of Air, Web of Aether", "Strange Memories of Death", "I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon", "Rautavaara's Case", "The Alien Mind"."The Little Black Box" handler om en Empathy Box som sætter en i forbindelse med en Jesus figur undervejs mod den sikre død.
"The War with the Fnools" handler om krig mod nogle væsener der ville være svære at skelne hvis de ikke kom i helt ens bundter ca 80 cm høje.
"A Game of Unchance" handler om en omrejsende udenjordisk forlystelsespark der med vilje taber nogle små robotter til en lille ussel koloni.
"Precious Artifact" handler om en rekonstruktionsingeniør fra Mars der efter krigen mellem Proxima og Jorden ikke er sikker på hvem der vandt men en lille robotkat hjælper.
"Retreat Syndrome" handler om John Cupertino fra Ganymedes der ikke er sikker på hvor han er eller om han har slået sin kone ihjel.
"A Terran Odyssey" handler om at efter atomkrigen prøver folk i San Francisco at overleve - Stuart McConchie sælger homeostatiske dyrefælder - Walt Dangerfield spiller musik fra sin satellit og Bill Keller bytter plads med en phocomelus.
"Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday" handler om ???
"Holy Quarrel" handler om en forsvarscomputer der vil brintbombe californien pgra nogle tyggegummiautomater - mon den virker eller ej.
"We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" handler om en mand der gerne vil have en kunstig erindring om at han har været på Mars som hemmelig agent - men måske har han allerede været der.
"Not by its cover" handler om at bøger indbundet i wubskind ændrer indhold.
"Return Match" handler om ???
"Faith of Our Fathers" handler om at USA har tabt krigen mod Kina og nu lever under den absolutte velgørers åg.
"The Story to End All Stories" handler om en skitse til en historie med sex-vold-kannibalisme-osv på en halv side.
"The Electric Ant" handler om Garson Poole der opdager at han er en elektrisk myre - dvs en organisk robot - og alle hans sanseindtryk styres af en mikroskopisk hulstrimmel - han klipper den over og det går ud over verden.
"Cadbury, the Beaver Who Lacked" handler om ???
"A Little Something for Us Tempunauts" handler om et hold tidsrejsende bliver dræbt ved ankomsten tilbage - måske for at undslippe en løkke i tiden, måske for at komme ind i den.
"The Pre-Persons" handler om ???
"The Eye of the Sibyl" handler om ???
"The Day Mr Computer Fell out of its Tree" handler om ???
"The Exit Door Leads In" handler om Bibleman der havner på et college og får en loyalitetstest.
"Chains of Air, Web of Aether" handler om en kvinde med multipel sklerose og en mand der passer nogle kommunikationssatellitter langt langt væk - hun har det rigtig skidt.
"Strange Memories of Death" handler om en lejer, der spekulerer over om The Lysol Lady bliver smidt ud af sin lejlighed.
"I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon" handler om Victor Kemmings, der er undervejs til en planet langt væk men kryosøvnen virker ikke helt så han får 10 års repeat af sine egne neurotiske tanker.
"Rautavaara's Case" handler om plasmavæsener fra Proxima - approximationer - holder liv i et menneskes hjerne og udforsker religiøse ideer - guden er mennesket overlegent så Jesus bør spise de troende.
"The Alien Mind" handler om Jason Bedford der kværker sin kat undervejs i en rumfærd og de Fremmede tager raffineret hævn over ham.
"Not by its cover" har min favorit alien en wub som hovedperson, så alene af den grund kan jeg godt lide denne novellesamling
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Collection
Publication
Voyager (1991), Paperback
Description
The fifth and final part of the complete collected stories shows Philip K. Dick at the very height of his outstanding powers. The twenty-five tales were written between 1963 and 1981, just a few months before he died, and include two stories which have been turned into box office smashes: the title story, filmed as Total Recall, and "The Little Black Box", which grew into his masterpiece Blade Runner.
User reviews
LibraryThing member soylentgreen23
Dick was a prodigious writer, and a compelling storyteller. His short stories are amongst the best ever produced by the genre, and this collection is proof. Running the gamut from comedy to schlock to horror, each one is enjoyable; it's wonderful to note that this collection is volume five - yes,
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LibraryThing member ropie
My favourites in this fifth volume of Philp K Dick's complete short stories are the epic 'The Faith of Our fathers', the almost moving 'Chains of Air, Web of Aether', the fascinating solipsistic philosophy of 'The Electric Ant' and the cleverly amusing 'Not by Its Cover', about sentient fur cover
This is an excellent collection, with only a couple of stories really failing to make any impact on me ('The Eye of the Sybil' and 'Strange Memories of Death'). Each of the others has at least a couple of points to recommend it and most are at least very good. Philip K Dick, although not a stylish or fluid writer, has a talent for introducing extraordinary themes and ideas through his rather bland characters, and in the short story form he has no trouble drawing the reader quickly in to each new tale. This is a collection you can easily read cover to cover in a few days (as I did!)
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binding (from the infamous wub creature) that re-writes the contents of the books it encloses.This is an excellent collection, with only a couple of stories really failing to make any impact on me ('The Eye of the Sybil' and 'Strange Memories of Death'). Each of the others has at least a couple of points to recommend it and most are at least very good. Philip K Dick, although not a stylish or fluid writer, has a talent for introducing extraordinary themes and ideas through his rather bland characters, and in the short story form he has no trouble drawing the reader quickly in to each new tale. This is a collection you can easily read cover to cover in a few days (as I did!)
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LibraryThing member LamontCranston
I tried to give this a go but after the 4th or 5th story in which a protagonist comes to realise his psychiatrist and family are inducing a false perception of reality for him it all began to blend together. I suspect Dick was trying to excise his own demons in these stories.
LibraryThing member Ma_Washigeri
4 stars for his imagination. He is just so inventive that it makes me gasp! Perhaps 3 stars for delivery which is not his strong point but works fine for short stories. And definitely 1 star for misogyny. Women are definitely a lower life form than robots and are given no inner life at all.
LibraryThing member magzpavz
These are really just precursors to his later novels, before he fully fleshed them out. They're not very good, but interesting to see how he developed these early themes.
LibraryThing member Ma_Washigeri
4 stars for his imagination. He is just so inventive that it makes me gasp! Perhaps 3 stars for delivery which is not his strong point but works fine for short stories. And definitely 1 star for misogyny. Women are definitely a lower life form than robots and are given no inner life at all.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1987
Physical description
496 p.; 19.4 cm
ISBN
0586207694 / 9780586207697
Local notes
Omslag: Chris Moore
Omslaget viser optankning af en stor flyvemaskine
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, bind 5
Omslaget viser optankning af en stor flyvemaskine
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, bind 5
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Pages
496
DDC/MDS
| 813 |