Title: Some Kinds of Life

Title: Some Kinds of Life Title Record # 58246
Author: Philip K. Dick
Date: 1953-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: Originally titled The Beleagured, it was renamed for publication in Fantastic Universe. In Pink Beam, Dave Hyde records that "It was published under a pseudonym – 'Richard Phillips' [sic] – [...]. The reason for the pseudonym seems to be that the same issue [...] also carried the short story Planet For Transients by Philip K. Dick. I guess it wasn't done to have two stories by the same writer in the same magazine at the same time."

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Year	Title
1953^ⓘThis pseudonym, a play on 'Phil Dick', is spelled with only one 'p' in Dave Hyde's <a href="http:///www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?771115"><em>Pink Beam</em></a> – as <em>Richard Phillips</em>.	Some Kinds of Life [as by Richard Phillipps]

Year	Language	Title
1986^ⓘTranslated by <A href="http:///www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?10670">Uwe Anton</a>	German	Gewisse Lebensformen
1988^ⓘTranslated by Pierre K. Rey	French	Tant qu'il y a de la vie...
1994^ⓘTranslated by Vittorio Curtoni	Italian	Un certo tipo di vita
1995^ⓘTranslated by Bela Wohl	German	Gewisse Lebensformen
1996^ⓘTranslated by Hélène Collon	French	Tant qu'il y a de la vie...

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Second Variety	1987-05-00	Philip K. Dick	Underwood-Miller	0-88733-053-3	$125.00^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 395	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Second Variety	1989-04-00	Philip K. Dick	Gollancz	0-575-04460-8	£12.95^?£: UK pound	xiv+ 395	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Second Variety	1990-07-00	Philip K. Dick	Grafton	0-586-20765-1	£5.99^?£: UK pound	493	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
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale	1990-09-00	Philip K. Dick	Citadel Twilight	0-8065-1209-1	$12.95^?$: US dollar	381	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	Norris Burroughs
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale	1995-00-00	Philip K. Dick	Citadel Twilight	0-8065-1209-1	$19.95^?$: US dollar	381	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	Norris Burroughs
Second Variety	1996-00-00	Philip K. Dick	Voyager / HarperCollins	0-586-20765-1	£6.99^?£: UK pound	493	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	1999-08-00	Philip K. Dick	Millennium / Orion	1-85798-880-9	£7.99^?£: UK pound	xiv+ 395	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
Adjustment Team	2011-10-00	Philip K. Dick	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-395-2	$40.00^?$: US dollar	484	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bill Sienkiewicz
Adjustment Team	2011-11-00	Philip K. Dick	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-394-5	$60.00^?$: US dollar	484	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bill Sienkiewicz
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale and Other Classic Stories	2012-06-00	Philip K. Dick	Citadel Press	978-0-8065-3648-4	$15.95^?$: US dollar	400	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
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale and Other Classic Stories	2017-02-00	Philip K. Dick	Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing Corp.	978-0-8065-3798-6	$16.00^?$: US dollar	400	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
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
Second Variety	date unknown	Philip K. Dick	Millennium / Orion	1-85798-880-9	£7.99^?£: UK pound	vi+ 395	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	Grafton	0-586-20765-1	£5.99^?£: UK pound	493	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

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