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 Pink Beam – as Richard Phillips.	Some Kinds of Life [as by Richard Phillipps]

Year	Language	Title
1986^ⓘTranslated by Uwe Anton	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
Fantastic Universe, October-November 1953	1953-10-00	ed. Sam Merwin, Jr.	King-Size Publications, Inc.		$0.50^?$: US dollar	196	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	Alex Schomburg
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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