Title: The Father-Thing
Title Record # 41412
Author: Philip K. Dick
Date: 1954-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Philip K. Dick
Date: 1954-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: © 1954 by Fantasy House, Inc., renewed 1982. Reprinted by permission of the Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc; received there on 1953-07-21.
Synopsis: An 8 year old boy first has to deal with a simulacrum of his father. With two of his schoolmates he finds out that there are more of them growing in the garden ...
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1954 | 1954-12-00 | ed. Anthony Boucher | Fantasy House, Inc. | $0.35?$: US dollar |
132 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Chesley Bonestell | ||
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume One | 1959-11-00 | ed. Anthony Boucher | Doubleday | $5.95?$: US dollar |
527 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Sydney Butchkes | ||
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume One | 1960-02-00 | ed. Anthony Boucher | Doubleday / SFBC | $2.20?$: US dollar |
527 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Sydney Butchkes | ||
The Unhumans | 1965-00-00 | ed. Marvin Allen Karp | Popular Library | SP405 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
141 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Francisco de Goya | |
Tomorrow's Children | 1966-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov | Doubleday | $4.95?$: US dollar |
431 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Emanuel Schongut | ||
Tomorrow's Children | 1966-10-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov | Doubleday | $5.70?$: US dollar |
431 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Emanuel Schongut | ||
Themes in Science Fiction: A Journey Into Wonder | 1972-00-00 | ed. Leo P. Kelley | McGraw-Hill (Patterns in Literary Art) | 0-07-033504-4 |
iii+ 428 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | |||
Science Fiction 1 | 1973-00-00 | ed. Robert Pierce | Houghton Mifflin | 0-395-13807-8 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | ||||
Tomorrow's Children | 1974-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov | Orbit | 0-86007-821-3 | £0.75?£: UK pound |
431 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Chris Foss | |
Social Problems Through Science Fiction | 1975-03-00 | ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, John W. Milstead, Joseph D. Olander, Patricia Warrick | St. Martin's Press | $4.95?$: US dollar |
xv+ 356 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | |||
Tomorrow's Children | 1976-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov | Compton Russell | 0-85955-034-6 | £?£: UK pound |
431 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Tomorrow's Children | 1976-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov | Orbit | 0-86007-821-3 | £0.90?£: UK pound |
431 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Chris Foss | |
The Best of Philip K. Dick | 1977-03-00 | Philip K. Dick | Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) | 0-345-25359-0 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 450 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Vincent Di Fate | |
Tomorrow's Children | 1977-08-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov | Orbit | 0-86007-821-3 | £1.25?£: UK pound |
431 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Chris Foss | |
Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology | 1978-00-00 | ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Patricia Warrick | Harper & Row | 0-06-046943-9 |
xviii+ 476 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | |||
The Best of Philip K. Dick | 1978-03-00 | Philip K. Dick | Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) | 0-345-25359-0 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 450 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Vincent Di Fate | |
Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology | 1978-06-00 | ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Patricia Warrick | Harper & Row | 0-06-011626-9 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
xviii+ 476 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Mark Rubin | |
The Worlds of Science Fiction | 1979-00-00 | ed. Theodore W. Hipple, Robert G. Wright | Allyn & Bacon |
vii+ 248 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | ||||
Science Fiction: Masters of Today | 1981-00-00 | ed. Arthur Liebman | Richards Rosen Press | 0-8239-0537-3 |
ix+ 179 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
Tomorrow's Children | 1981-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov | Orbit | 0-86007-821-3 | £1.75?£: UK pound |
431 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Chris Foss | |
The Father-Thing | 1987-05-00 | Philip K. Dick | Underwood-Miller | 0-88733-053-3 | $125.00?$: US dollar |
ix+ 376 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
The Father-Thing | 1987-05-00 | Philip K. Dick | Underwood-Miller | 0-88733-052-5 | $160.00?$: US dollar |
xi+ 376 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
The Great SF Stories #16 (1954) | 1987-05-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #709) | 0-88677-200-1 / UE2200 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
350 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Angus McKie | |
The Great SF Stories #16 (1954) | 1987-05-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books | 0-88677-200-1 | C$4.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
350 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Angus McKie | |
The Father-Thing | 1989-11-00 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz | 0-575-04616-3 | £13.95?£: UK pound |
xvi+ 376 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Urban Horrors | 1990-09-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, William F. Nolan | Dark Harvest | 0-913165-54-9 | $49.00?$: US dollar |
246 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Robert W. Lavoie | |
Urban Horrors | 1990-09-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, William F. Nolan | Dark Harvest | 0-913165-54-9 | $19.95?$: US dollar |
246 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Robert W. Lavoie | |
The Father-Thing | 1990-11-00 | Philip K. Dick | Grafton | 0-586-20767-8 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
476 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Chris Moore | |
Second Variety | 1991-07-00 | Philip K. Dick | Citadel Twilight | 0-8065-1226-1 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 414 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Kevin Kelly | |
Science Fiction I | 1991-10-00 |
ed.
Hélène Auffret-Boucé?Helene Auffret-Bouce |
Hatier (Lire en V.O. #10) | 2-218-03609-6 |
vii+ 119 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | |||
Urban Horrors | 1993-04-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, William F. Nolan | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #911) | 0-88677-548-5 | $5.50?$: US dollar |
338 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Ashley Pearce | |
Nursery Crimes | 1993-06-00 | ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Barnes & Noble Books | 1-56619-101-7 | $9.98?$: US dollar |
xii+ 560 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | John Tierney | |
The Father-Thing | 1994-00-00 | Philip K. Dick | HarperCollins (UK) | 0-586-20767-8 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
476 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
Between Time and Terror | 1995-04-00 | ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Roc / New American Library | 0-451-45452-9 | $4.99?$: US dollar |
384 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | ||
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 | 1997-02-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | MJF Books | 1-56731-154-7 | $8.98?$: US dollar |
341 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Vincent DiFate | |
The Philip K. Dick Reader | 1997-02-00 | Philip K. Dick | Citadel Twilight | 0-8065-1856-1 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
422 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Zina Saunders | |
Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology | 1998-00-00 | ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Patricia Warrick | HarperCollins | 0-06-046943-9 | $15.62?$: US dollar |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
The Father-Thing | 1998-05-05 | Philip K. Dick | Voyager / HarperCollinsPublishers | 0-586-20767-8 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
476 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Chris Moore | |
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens | 1998-09-00 | ed. Dennis Pepper | Oxford University Press | 0-19-278155-3 | $22.95?$: US dollar |
viii+ 215 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | John Walker | |
The Father-Thing | 1999-08-00 | Philip K. Dick | Millennium | 1-85798-881-7 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
ix+ 376 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Chris Moore | |
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens | 2000-09-00 | ed. Dennis Pepper | Oxford University Press | 0-19-278177-4 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
viii+ 215 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | John Walker | |
My Favorite Horror Story | 2000-10-00 | ed. Mike Baker, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1166) | 0-88677-914-6 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 303 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Koeveks | |
Alien Stories 1 | 2002-01-00 | ed. Dennis Pepper | Oxford University Press | 0-19-275162-X | £4.99?£: UK pound |
153 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Paul Young | |
Second Variety | 2002-05-00 | Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press | 0-8065-1226-1 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 414 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Kevin Kelly | |
The Father-Thing | 2003-00-00 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz / Orion | 1-85798-881-7 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
xi+ 376 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Chris Moore | |
Paycheck | 2004-02-00 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz / Orion | 0-575-07001-3 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
312 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Paycheck | 2004-02-00 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz | 0-575-07583-X | £6.99?£: UK pound |
312 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
My Favorite Horror Story | 2004-05-00 | ed. Mike Baker, Martin H. Greenberg | BP Books / ibooks | 0-7434-8740-0 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
xv+ 365 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | John Howe | |
Paycheck | 2004-10-00 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz | 0-575-07585-6 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
312 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
My Favorite Horror Story | 2007-00-00 | ed. Mike Baker, Martin H. Greenberg | MJF Books | 978-1-56731-905-7 | $7.98?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 258 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Ilona Wellmann | |
Human Is? | 2007-03-00 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz | 978-0-575-08034-8 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
438 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Sue Michniewicz | |
My Favorite Horror Story | 2007-11-25 | ed. Mike Baker, Martin H. Greenberg | ibooks | 1-59687-199-7 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
384 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | ||
Human Is? | 2008-09-18 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz / Orion | 978-0-575-08583-1 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Sue Michniewicz | ||
Paycheck | 2010-04-18 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz / Orion | 978-0-575-09824-4 | £4.49?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
Upon the Dull Earth | 2012-07-00 | Philip K. Dick | Subterranean Press | 978-1-59606-512-3 | $40.00?$: US dollar |
449 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bill Sienkiewicz | |
Upon the Dull Earth | 2012-08-00 | Philip K. Dick | Subterranean Press | 978-1-59606-511-6 | $60.00?$: US dollar |
449 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bill Sienkiewicz | |
Upon the Dull Earth | 2015-12-27 | Philip K. Dick | Brilliance Audio | digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
coll | |||||
The Philip K. Dick Reader | 2016-01-26 | Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing | 978-0-8065-3794-8 | $16.00?$: US dollar |
422 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams: Volume One | 2017-09-01 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz | 978-1-4732-2329-5 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams: Volume One | 2017-09-14 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz / Orion | 978-1-4732-2328-8 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
213 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | 2017-11-14 | Philip K. Dick | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 978-1-328-99506-3 | $20.00?$: US dollar |
[6]+ 213 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | 2017-11-14 | Philip K. Dick | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 978-1-328-99509-4 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick | 2022-01-22 | Philip K. Dick | $3.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||||
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume 2 | 2023-09-14 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz | 978-1-3996-1126-8 | £10.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume 2 | 2023-09-14 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz | 978-1-3996-1125-1 | £10.99?£: UK pound |
624 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
Human Is? | date unknown | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz / Orion | 978-0-575-08034-8 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
438 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Sue Michniewicz | |
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams: Volume One | date unknown | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz / Orion | 978-1-4732-2328-8 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
213 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
Second Variety | date unknown | Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press | 0-8065-1226-1 | $?$: US dollar |
xi+ 414 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Kevin Kelly | |
The Father-Thing | date unknown | Philip K. Dick | Grafton | 0-586-20767-8 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
476 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Chris Moore | |
The Great SF Stories #16 (1954) | date unknown | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books | 0-88677-200-1 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
350 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Angus McKie | |
The Philip K. Dick Reader | date unknown | Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing Corp. | 0-8065-1856-1 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
422 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Zina Saunders |