This second volume of the collected stories of one of the most influential of all science ... more
fiction writers gathers 27 stories from August 1952 to April 1953. In this extraordinarily creative period Dick produced a seemingly endless stream of breathtak...
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The stories within SECOND VARIETY were written between 1952 and 1955 while America was in ... more
the grip of McCarthyism. The concerns of the time are reflected in stories such as 'Second Variety' which tells of an endless war fought by ever more cunning a...
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Advantages: Fast paced. Clearly written. Fairly short novel. Disadvantages: None other than Dick is dead.
Hi. This is Steve. I am currently taking the reigns from Lori for a day or so. She wanted me to write an opinion on PhilipK. Dick, and so here I am.
Master of the Dystopian future landscape, (ala the movies, "BLADERUNNER" and "TOTAL RECALL" which were both based on PhilipK. Dick stories) THE MAN WHO JAPED sees PhilipK. Dick at his dark humoured best. Amongst the crowded urbanized landscape of a distant planet, in a now stellar wide commercial earth empire, THE MAN WHO JAPED sees the main protagonist cast as an almost Quizotic character tilting at the "windmills" of a sterile society that has taken politics of contemporary "gated communities" and set their petty restrictions in legislation.
In a universe where, literally, personal space is a luxury that few can afford, apartments are now computer controlled to remodel ...
This book is an outstanding piece of surrealist science fiction unlike mostly anything else, ever. The language is terribly clever, but not unwieldy and certainly accessible. The characters are not terribly filled out, but that's really appropriate for PhilipK. Dick's everyman style of writing. This reads something like "Death of a Salesman" if it were written by Sartre. It's one of my favorite books by PhilipK. Dick, even if it's a little less directly applicable to my psychology and life than some of his other books. Actually, its very difficult to absorb the ideas PhilipK. Dick puts into his stories, but they're super-saturated with oblique commentaries on the state of mankind and the human condition. I loaned this book out to my friends and family, and was surprised at how well-received it was among folk who don't read much ...
Advantages: Thought-provoking and entertaining Disadvantages: None, unless you can't appreciate the time-shift
It's some five years now since the first dark trailers for Spielberg's film hit the screens. Although intrigued by the concept, I never did get to see Minority Report. What I did not know at the time (to my eternal shame) is that the film was based on a story by PhilipKDick.
For those unfamiliar with the name, Dick was one of the most prolific science fiction writers of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. He gave us Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (better known to film-goers as Blade Runner) as well Total Recall (from one of the stories in this collection 'We Can Remember it for You Wholesale), Screamers, Impostor? the list goes on.
I first came across both Dick and Sci-Fi generally as a child. 'Do Androids Dream?' was one of the first books I borrowed from the adult section on our local library. Seeing the words Minority Report ...
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EAN
9781857988802
Type
Fiction
Genre
Science Fiction
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Title
Second Variety
Author
Philip K. Dick
ISBN
1857988809
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The stories within SECOND VARIETY were written between 1952 and 1955 while America was in the grip of McCarthyism. The concerns of the time are reflected in stories such as 'Second Variety' which tells of an endless war fought by ever more cunning and sophisticated robots or 'Imposter' where a man accused of being an alien spy finds his whole identity called into question. Using his marvellously varied quirky and idiosyncratic style Dick speaks up for ordinary people against militarism paranoia and xenophobia.
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