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Second Variety (1989 collection)

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Hardback)

ISBN
  
0-575-04460-8

Originally published
  
1987

Publisher
  
Victor Gollancz Ltd

Publication date
  
1989

Pages
  
395 pp

OCLC
  
19321845

Author
  
Philip K. Dick

Country
  
United Kingdom

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Adaptations
  
Screamers: The Hunting (2009)

Genres
  
Fiction, Short story, Science Fiction

Short Stories
  
The Dark Haired Girl, The Book of Philip K Dick, The Little Black Box, The Philip K Dick Reader, The Golden Man

Second Variety is a collection of science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Gollancz in 1989 and reprints Volume II of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick. It had not previously been published as a stand-alone volume. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines Fantasy Fiction, Fantastic Universe, Space Science Fiction, Imagination, If, Amazing Stories, Science Fiction Quarterly, Startling Stories, Cosmos, Orbit, Astounding and Planet Stories.

Contents

  • Introduction, by Norman Spinrad
  • "The Cookie Lady"
  • "Beyond the Door"
  • "Second Variety"
  • "Jon’s World"
  • "The Cosmic Poachers"
  • "Progeny"
  • "Some Kinds of Life"
  • "Martians Come in Clouds"
  • "The Commuter"
  • "The World She Wanted"
  • "A Surface Raid"
  • "Project: Earth"
  • "The Trouble with Bubbles"
  • "Breakfast at Twilight"
  • "A Present for Pat"
  • "The Hood Maker"
  • "Of Withered Apples"
  • "Human Is"
  • "Adjustment Team"
  • "The Impossible Planet"
  • "Impostor"
  • "James P. Crow"
  • "Planet for Transients"
  • "Small Town"
  • "Souvenir"
  • "Survey Team"
  • "Prominent Author"
  • Notes

    • References

    Second Variety (1989 collection) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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