Title: The Father-Thing

Title: The Father-Thing Title Record # 37577
Author: Philip K. Dick
Date: 1987-05-00
Type: COLLECTION
Series: The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick
Series Number: 3
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: The 1991 edition published by Citadel Press includes the extra story "Second Variety" and the entire collection has been renamed as that title.

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Translations

Year	Title
1991^ⓘDO NOT UNMERGE this from The Father-Thing title record.	Second Variety
2012	Upon the Dull Earth

Year	Language	Title
2000^ⓘ This title contains the first half of stories of the parent collection. DO NOT MERGE with the collection of the same title which contains all stories of the parent collection. Translated by Klaus Timmermann and Ulrike Wasel (with the exception of Augen auf!).	German	Das Vater-Ding
2001^ⓘTranslated by Klaus Timmermann and Ulrike Wasel	German	Foster, du bist tot
2008^ⓘ This title contains all stories of the parent collection. DO NOT MERGE with the collection of the same title which contains only half of stories of the parent collection. Translated by diverse hands. For details see the single pieces.	German	Das Vater-Ding

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
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 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
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
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
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 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
Das Vater-Ding	2000-00-00	Philip K. Dick	Haffmans	3-251-20304-5	DM 36.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	304	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Foster, du bist tot	2001-00-00	Philip K. Dick	Haffmans	3-251-20340-1	DM 36.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	316	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
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
Das Vater-Ding	2008-01-00	Philip K. Dick	Zweitausendeins (Haffmans Verlag bei Zweitausendeins)	978-3-86150-810-6	€14.90^?€: Euro	615	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Urs Jakob
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
Das Vater-Ding	2012-08-00	Philip K. Dick	Zweitausendeins (Haffmans Verlag bei Zweitausendeins)	978-3-86150-810-6		615	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Urs Jakob
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
The Father-Thing	2014-08-28	Philip K. Dick	Gateway / Orion	978-1-4732-0668-7	£4.99^?£: 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	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
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

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Reviews

Review by L. J. Hurst (1990) in Vector 155
Review by Colin Steele (1991) in SF Commentary, #69/70
Review by uncredited (1999) in Vector 208
Review by Mike O'Driscoll (2000) in The Third Alternative, #23