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The Father Thing (collection)

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Hardback)

ISBN
  
0-575-04616-3

Author
  
Philip K. Dick

Country
  
United Kingdom

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Publication date
  
1989

Pages
  
376 pp

Originally published
  
1989

Publisher
  
Victor Gollancz Ltd

OCLC
  
59199069

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Genres
  
Short story, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction

Similar
  
Philip K Dick books, Short Stories

The Father-Thing is a collection of science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Gollancz in 1989 and reprints Volume III 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 If, Science Fiction Adventures, Science Fiction Stories, Orbit, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Imagination, Future, Galaxy Science Fiction, Beyond Fantasy Fiction, Satellite, Science Fiction Quarterly and Imaginative Tales.

Contents

  • Introduction, by John Brunner
  • "Fair Game"
  • "The Hanging Stranger"
  • "The Eyes Have It"
  • "The Golden Man"
  • "The Turning Wheel"
  • "The Last of the Masters"
  • "The Father-Thing"
  • "Strange Eden"
  • "Tony and the Beetles"
  • "Null-O"
  • "To Serve the Master"
  • "Exhibit Piece"
  • "The Crawlers"
  • "Sales Pitch"
  • "Shell Game"
  • "Upon the Dull Earth"
  • "Foster, You’re Dead"
  • "Pay for the Printer"
  • "War Veteran"
  • "The Chromium Fence"
  • "Misadjustment"
  • "A World of Talent"
  • "Psi-Man Heal My Child!"
  • Notes

    • References

    The Father-Thing (collection) Wikipedia
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