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Planet For Transients
"Planet for Transients" is a 1953 science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. The story was originally published in the October–November 1953 issue of ''Fantastic Universe''. The story also appears in '' We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (The Collected Short Stories of Philip K. Dick, Vol. 2)'' (formerly entitled ''Second Variety''). The author's original title for the story was "The Itinerants". Elements of this story appear in the novel'' Deus Irae'', written by Dick and Roger Zelazny. Plot summary The story is set in a future where humans of the original variety wear lead-lined spacesuits and take other precautions against the lethal levels of surface radiation on Earth. Other varieties of human have evolved to cope with the radiation levels, such as "bugs", "runners", "toads", and others. Those varieties speak and think as do the original variety of humans, yet their bodies are radically different. These body types have evolved as necessary mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantastic Universe 195310-11
The fantastic (french: le fantastique) is a subgenre of literary works characterized by the ambiguous presentation of seemingly supernatural forces. Bulgarian-French structuralist literary critic Tzvetan Todorov originated the concept, characterizing the fantastic as the hesitation of characters and readers when presented with questions about reality. Definitions The fantastic is present in works where the reader experiences hesitation about whether a work presents what Todorov calls "the uncanny", wherein superficially supernatural phenomena turn out to have a rational explanation (such as in the Gothic works of Ann Radcliffe) or "the marvelous", where the supernatural is confirmed by the story. Todorov breaks down the fantastic into a manner of systems, filled with conditions and properties that make it easier to understand. The fantastic requires the fulfillment of three conditions. First, the text must oblige the reader to consider the world of the characters as a worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip K
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularized the name include kings of Macedonia and one of the apostles of early Christianity. ''Philip'' has many alternative spellings. One derivation often used as a surname is Phillips. It was also found during ancient Greek times with two Ps as Philippides and Philippos. It has many diminutive (or even hypocoristic) forms including Phil, Philly, Lip, Pip, Pep or Peps. There are also feminine forms such as Philippine and Philippa. Antiquity Kings of Macedon * Philip I of Macedon * Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great * Philip III of Macedon, half-brother of Alexander the Great * Philip IV of Macedon * Philip V of Macedon New Testament * Philip the Apostle * Philip the Evangelist Others * Philippus of Croton (c. 6th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantastic Universe
''Fantastic Universe'' was a U.S. science fiction magazine which began publishing in the 1950s. It ran for 69 issues, from June 1953 to March 1960, under two different publishers. It was part of the explosion of science fiction magazine publishing in the 1950s in the United States, and was moderately successful, outlasting almost all of its competitors. The main editors were Leo Margulies (1954–1956) and Hans Stefan Santesson (1956–1960); under Santesson's tenure the quality declined somewhat,Tuck comments that the magazine was at first "of quite reasonable standard" but "fell off considerably". See John Clute says "Some magazines never seem to ... publish much worthwhile material" and then adds "''Fantastic Universe'', which published second-rank work by many well-known writers, is one of these." See Brian Stableford refers to the magazine as "the poor man's F&SF". See and the magazine became known for printing much UFO-related material. A collection of stories from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (collection)
''We Can Remember It for You Wholesale'' is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Citadel Twilight in 1990 and reprints Volume II of ''The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick'' replacing the story "Second Variety" with "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale". Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines ''Fantasy Fiction'', ''Fantastic Universe'', ''Fantasy and Science Fiction'', ''Imagination'', '' If'', ''Amazing Stories'', ''Science Fiction Quarterly'', ''Startling Stories'', ''Cosmos'', ''Orbit'', ''Astounding'', and ''Planet Stories''. Contents * Introduction, by Norman Spinrad * " The Cookie Lady" * " Beyond the Door" * "Prominent Author" * "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" * "Jon’s World" * "The Cosmic Poachers" * "Progeny" * "Some Kinds of Life" * "Martians Come in Clouds" * " The Commuter" * "The World She Wanted" * "A Surface Raid" * "Project: Earth" * "The Trouble with Bubbles" * "Break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Variety (1989 Collection)
''Second Variety'' is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Gollancz in 1989 and reprints Volume II of ''The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick''. It had not previously been published as a stand-alone volume. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines ''Fantasy Fiction'', ''Fantastic Universe'', ''Space Science Fiction'', ''Imagination'', '' If'', ''Amazing Stories'', ''Science Fiction Quarterly'', ''Startling Stories'', ''Cosmos'', ''Orbit'', ''Astounding'' and ''Planet Stories''. The 1990 Citadel collection ''We Can Remember It for You Wholesale'' is identical except that it has "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" instead of "Second Variety". Contents * Introduction, by Norman Spinrad * " The Cookie Lady" * " Beyond the Door" * "Second Variety" * " Jon’s World" * " The Cosmic Poachers" * " Progeny" * "Some Kinds of Life" * "Martians Come in Clouds" * " The Commuter" * "The World She Wante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deus Irae
''Deus Irae'' is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel started by American author Philip K. Dick and finished with the help of American author Roger Zelazny. It was published in 1976. '' Deus irae'', meaning ''God of Wrath'' in Latin, is a play on '' Dies Irae'', meaning ''Day of Wrath'' or ''Judgment Day''. This novel was based on Dick's short story " The Great C". Origins Dick started the novel, then realized he did not know enough about Christianity to finish it. He asked science fiction editor and author Ted White to collaborate on the manuscript with him, but after reviewing the manuscript, White never began the work. Zelazny found the manuscript in White's home in early 1968, read it, then contacted Dick about working on the project. Work proceeded sporadically over several years as each author, in turn, forgot about the book. At one stage, Zelazny's cat took the opportunity to urinate on the original manuscript. The novel was completed quickly, though, in the spring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Zelazny
Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for ''The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nominations) and the Hugo Award six times (also out of 14 nominations), including two Hugos for novels: the serialized novel ''...And Call Me Conrad'' (1965), subsequently published under the title ''This Immortal'' (1966) and then the novel ''Lord of Light'' (1967). Biography Zelazny was born in Euclid, Ohio, the only child of Polish immigrant Joseph Frank Żelazny and Irish-American Josephine Flora Sweet. In high school, he became the editor of the school newspaper and joined the Creative Writing Club. In the fall of 1955, he began attending Case Western Reserve University, Western Reserve University and graduated with a B.A. in English in 1959. He was accepted to Columbia University in New York and specialized in Elizabethan and Jacobean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and millions of books. In addition to its archiving function, the Archive is an activist organization, advocating a free and open Internet. , the Internet Archive holds over 35 million books and texts, 8.5 million movies, videos and TV shows, 894 thousand software programs, 14 million audio files, 4.4 million images, 2.4 million TV clips, 241 thousand concerts, and over 734 billion web pages in the Wayback Machine. The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Stories By Philip K
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1953 Short Stories
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