- Publication: The Father-ThingPublication Record # 253418
- Author: Philip K. Dick
- Date: 1994-00-00
- ISBN: 0-586-20767-8 [978-0-586-20767-3]
- Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)
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Price: £6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
- Pages: 476
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Format: 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.
- Type: COLLECTION
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Notes: This is the first printing ('1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2'). Stated: Previously published in paperback by Grafton 1990; Reprinted once. The uncredited cover art is the same as in later edition (Voyager, Millennium, Gollancz) but cover design different. The Notes at the end are by an uncredited editor but include PKD's notes about individual stories (incl. 1 1/2 pp comment on The Golden Man); chronology based on research by Gregg Rickman and Paul Williams.
Collection Title:
The Father-Thing • [The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick • 3] • (1987) • collection by Philip K. Dick
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- 7 • Introduction (The Father-Thing) • [Introductions to the Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick • 3] • (1987) • essay by John Brunner
- 13 • Fair Game • (1959) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 28 • The Hanging Stranger • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 44 • The Eyes Have It • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 48 • The Golden Man • (1954) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
- 80 • The Turning Wheel • (1954) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
- 102 • The Last of the Masters • (1954) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
- 134 • The Father-Thing • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 147 • Strange Eden • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 161 • Tony and the Beetles • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 175 • Null-O • (1958) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 186 • To Serve the Master • (1956) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 199 • Exhibit Piece • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 214 • The Crawlers • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 223 • Sales Pitch • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 239 • Shell Game • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 256 • Upon the Dull Earth • (1954) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
- 280 • Foster, You're Dead • (1955) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 301 • Pay for the Printer • (1956) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 320 • War Veteran • (1955) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
- 368 • The Chromium Fence • (1955) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 385 • Misadjustment • (1957) • short story by Philip K. Dick
- 405 • A World of Talent • (1954) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
- 447 • Psi-Man Heal My Child! • (1955) • novelette by Philip K. Dick (variant of Psi-Man)
- 472 • Notes (The Father-Thing) • (1987) • essay by Philip K. Dick
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