The Variable Man and Other Stories
Title | The Variable Man and Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Philip K. Dick |
Publisher | Courier Dover Publications |
Pages | 179 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0486852148 |
Philip K. Dick ponders the very nature of humanity in this anthology of five gripping short stories and novellas. Includes "The Defenders," "Foster, You're Dead," "Piper in the Woods," "Second Variety," and "The Variable Man."
The Variable Man
Title | The Variable Man PDF eBook |
Author | Philip K. Dick |
Publisher | |
Pages | 219 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780722129586 |
Science fiction-noveller.
The Variable Man & Other Stories
Title | The Variable Man & Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Philip K. Dick |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Science fiction-noveller.
The Variable Man and Other Stories
Title | The Variable Man and Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Ron D'Alena |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2017-05-27 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781546576600 |
A CANNON BOOKS Science Fiction Collection *The Variable Man And Other Stories* Eleven Authors. Fourteen Old School Stories. Jam-packed with robots, aliens, energy beams, vidscreens, interstellar war, Armageddon, other worlds, societal/environmental degradation, overpopulation and the ugly hand of big business . . . as well as the mundane of daily life. So kick back, suspend your concept of reality and enjoy. The Variable Man And Other Stories (320 pages): Jesse Franklin Bone (Assassin) Arthur C. Clarke (The Forgotten Enemy) Philip K. Dick (Second Variety, The Variable Man) Randall Garrett (The Highest Treason) Harry Harrison (Arm of the Law, The Repairman) Clifford D. Simak & Carl R. Jacobi (The Street That Wasn't There) Fletcher Pratt & Laurence Manning (City of the Living Dead) Frederik Pohl (The Tunnel Under the World, The Hated, Pythias) Kurt Vonnegut (2BR02B, The Big Trip up Yonder)
Variable Man and Other Stories
Title | Variable Man and Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Philip K. Dick |
Publisher | Prime Books |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2008-07-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780809556359 |
Edited and selected by noted scholar Gregg Rickman, "The Early Work of Philip K. Dick, Volume Two, encompasses stories from the early years of Philip K. Dick. With extensive story notes and introductions by Rickman, "The Early Work of Philip K. Dick" promises an early peek into the many worlds created by one of the acclaimed masters of science fiction and fantasy.
Pink Beam
Title | Pink Beam PDF eBook |
Author | Lord Rc |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2007-07-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1430324376 |
A study of the novels and short stories of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)with presentation of a literary chronology of his career.
The Variable Man
Title | The Variable Man PDF eBook |
Author | Philip K. Dick |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 70 |
Release | 2016-06-18 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781534754201 |
The Terran system is growing and expanding all the time. But an old and corrupt Centaurian Empire is holding Terra down, as it encircles the Terran system and will not let the humans grow out of their current empire. For this reason Terra is at war with Proxima Centauri and is trying to find a way of breaking free from the Centaurian's hold upon them. In the war that results, Terra is continually coming up with new weapons to try and break the Centaurian defenses, but Proxima Centauri is also continually updating its defenses. Using spies and other such tactics, both parties find out about each other's advances, and no actual fighting ever occurs because both sides are too busy trying to beat each other with new technological developments. Terra even calculates their chances to win a war versus Centauri and updates these calculations with each new development, making their decision about a war rely on this calculation. Eventually Terra comes up with a concept for a bomb, called Icarus, that Proxima can not defend against because it travels at faster than light speeds, making use of the buildup of mass at near light speeds as a destructive agent when it slows down to below light speed. Then the odds start to side with Terra, and Terra prepares to fight with this new-found technology. There are two problems 1) is that Icarus does not yet work which prevents Terra from using it against Proxima Centuari and 2) that the existence of Cole on Terra is an "unknown variable" that confuses the war win probability computer. Hence the book title "The Variable Man."