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The minority report : and other classic stories / by Philip K. Dick ; with an introduction by James Tiptree, Jr.
A collection of eighteen science fiction short stories features "The Minority Report," in which Commissioner John Anderton's clever use of "precogs," people who can identify criminals before they can do any harm, turns against him when they identify him as the next criminal.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780806537955 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 380 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: New York : Citadel Press/ Kensington Publishing Corp., [2002]
- Copyright: ©1987
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Autofac -- Service call -- Captive market -- The mold of Yancy -- The minority report -- Recall mechanism -- The unreconstructed M -- Explorers we -- War game -- If there were no Benny Cemoli -- Novelty act -- Waterspider -- What the dead men say -- Orpheus with clay feet -- The days of Perky Pat -- Stand-by -- What'll we do with Ragland Park? -- Oh, to be a Blobel! |
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| Genre: | Science fiction. Short stories. |
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A collection of eighteen science fiction short stories features "The Minority Report," in which Commissioner John Anderton's clever use of "precogs," people who can identify criminals before they can do any harm, turns against him when they identify him as the next criminal. - Random House, Inc.
<b>With an Introduction by James Tiptree, Jr.</b><br><br>"More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really puts you inside people's minds." --<i>Wall Street Journal</i><br><br>Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick to have been the greatest science fiction writer on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount and his reputation has been enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now presented annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Dick Society is devoted to the study and promulgation of his works. <br><br>This collection includes all of the writer's earliest short and medium-length fiction covering the years 1954-1964, and featuring such fascinating tales as <i>The Minority Report </i>(the inspiration for Steven Spielberg's film), <i>Service Call, Stand-By, The Days of Perky Pat</i>, and many others. Here, readers will find Dick's initial explorations of the themes he so brilliantly brought to life in his later work. <br><br>Dick won the prestigious Hugo Award for the best novel of 1963 for <i>The Man in the High Castle</i>. In the last year of his life, the film Blade Runner was made from his novel <i>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?</i><br><br>The classic stories of Philip K. Dick offer an intriguing glimpse into the imagination of one of science fiction's most enduring and respected names. <br><br>"A useful acquisition for any serious SF library or collection." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br><br>"Awe-inspiring." --<i>The Washington Post</i>
