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The Little Black Box
''The Little Black Box'' is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Gollancz in 1990 and reprints Volume V 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 ''Worlds of Tomorrow'', ''Galaxy Science Fiction'', '' Amazing Stories'', '' Fantasy and Science Fiction'', ''Famous Science Fiction'', ''Niekas'', ''Rolling Stone College Papers'', '' Interzone'', ''Playboy'', '' Omni'' and ''The Yuba City High Times''. Contents * Introduction, by Thomas M. Disch * " The Little Black Box" * "The War with the Fnools" * "A Game of Unchance" * " Precious Artifact" * "Retreat Syndrome" * "A Terran Odyssey" * "Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday" * "Holy Quarrel" * " We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" * " Not By Its Cover" * "Return Match" * " Faith of Our Fathers" * "The Story to End All Stories for Harlan Ellisonâ ... [...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] |
Retreat Syndrome
"Retreat Syndrome" is a 1965 short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. The story contains some common Dick themes such as a questionable reality and drug use. It was first published in ''Worlds of Tomorrow Science Fiction'' and was later reprinted the collections ''The Preserving Machine ''The Preserving Machine'' is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Ace Books in 1969 with cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon as part of their Ace Science Fiction Specials series. ...'' (1969), ''The Preserving Machine and Other Stories'' (1977), '' We Can Remember It For You Wholesale'' (2000) and '' The Eye of the Sibyl and Other Stories'' (2004). Plot summary The story follows John Cupertino, a man seemingly under medical care, and his quest to find the truth behind the memory of him killing his wife. It begins as Cupertino is caught speeding by police officers who suspect he may be on the drug 'Frohedadrine' and sugge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chains Of Air, Web Of Aether
A chain is a serial assembly of connected pieces, called links, typically made of metal, with an overall character similar to that of a rope in that it is flexible and curved in compression but linear, rigid, and load-bearing in tension. A chain may consist of two or more links. Chains can be classified by their design, which can be dictated by their use: * Those designed for lifting, such as when used with a hoist; for pulling; or for securing, such as with a bicycle lock, have links that are torus shaped, which make the chain flexible in two dimensions (the fixed third dimension being a chain's length). Small chains serving as jewellery are a mostly decorative analogue of such types. * Those designed for transferring power in machines have links designed to mesh with the teeth of the sprockets of the machine, and are flexible in only one dimension. They are known as roller chains, though there are also non-roller chains such as block chains. Two distinct chains can b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Exit Door Leads In
"The Exit Door Leads In" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. First published in 1979. "The Exit Door Leads In" was written for ''Rolling Stone College Papers'', a short-lived publication. It is one of Dick's few stories created at the request of editors. It was reprinted in Terry Carr's '' The Best Science Fiction of the year #9''. Plot summary Bob Bibleman is tricked into enrolling in a military college, where his accidental discovery of classified information presents him with a moral quandary. Release "The Exit Door Leads In" was first published in the inaugural issue of ''Rolling Stone College Papers'' in 1979. The following year it was reprinted in the ninth volume of the anthology series ''The Best Science Fiction of the Year''. It has been included in several collections of Dick's work, including the 1984 ''Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities'' and 1985 ''I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon''. The short story has been translated into French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Day Mr
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eye Of The Sibyl
"The Eye of the Sibyl" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was written sometime around 1975, but not published until 1987 when it was included in volume 5 (subtitled "The Little Black Box") of ''The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick'', and has been reprinted since iother editionsof this book such as the U.S. edition '' The Eye of the Sibyl and Other Stories'' . This is said to have been Dick's first piece of fiction for publication after his "2-3-74" experience that was the basis for his ''Exegesis'', and later the novels '' VALIS'', the posthumously published precursor to VALIS, ''Radio Free Albemuth'', and ''The Divine Invasion ''The Divine Invasion'' is a 1981 science fantasy novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. It is the second book in the gnostic VALIS trilogy, and takes place in the indeterminate future, perhaps a century or more after VALIS. The ...''. Eventually rejected by the venue for which it was written, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pre-persons
"The Pre-persons" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published in ''Fantasy and Science Fiction'' magazine, October 1974. The story was an anti-abortion response to ''Roe v. Wade''. Dick imagines a future where the United States Congress has decided that abortion is legal until the soul enters the body. The specific instant is defined by the administration, at present the moment a person has the ability to perform simple algebraic calculations (around the age of 12). The main protester — a former Stanford mathematics major — demands to be taken to the abortion center, since he claims to have forgotten all his algebra. External linksPage at Internet Speculative Fiction Database 1974 short stories Abortion in fiction Short stories by Philip K. Dick Works originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction {{1970s-sf-story-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Little Something For Us Tempunauts
"A Little Something for Us Tempunauts" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published in the anthology ''Final Stage'' in 1974. Plot summary Time travelers from the United States, called ''tempunauts'', are sent only a few days into the future rather than a century as was intended. In this near-future, they learn their return from the future was fatal to them. Addison Doug, one of the tempunauts, believes that they are trapped with the rest of the Earth in a closed time loop, forever doomed to repeat the period between their starting their trip and their fatal return. Having found out the cause of their fatal return journey, they have to decide whether to change or not to change their return journey in order to get out of the loop. Doug decides to sabotage "reentry" unbeknownst to the others - by smuggling a mass of car engine parts into the time machine - to both at the same time (and completely contradictorily) find resolution in dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Electric Ant
"The Electric Ant" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published in ''Fantasy and Science Fiction'' magazine in October 1969. Plot summary Garson Poole wakes up after a flying-car-crash to find that he is missing a hand. He then finds out that he is an 'electric ant' an "organic" robot. He further finds out that what he believes is his subjective reality is being fed to him from a micro-punched tape in his chest cavity. He experiments on this tape by adding new holes, which adds things to his reality. Convinced that his entire reality is constrained by the tape, he makes a major change to it, with a major effect on his reality. The change affects everyone else he interacts with, which raises the question of whether any of them – or he himself – are "real" at all. Dick said of the story: Adaptations In 2010 Marvel Comics adapted "The Electric Ant" as a limited series. The comic books were produced by writer David Mack (''Daredevi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story To End All Stories For Harlan Ellison’s Anthology ''Dangerous Visions''
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faith Of Our Fathers (short Story)
"Faith of Our Fathers" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in the anthology '' Dangerous Visions'' (1967). Plot summary Tung Chien is a Vietnamese bureaucrat in a world that has been conquered by Chinese-style atheist communism, where the population is kept docile with hallucinogenic drugs. When a street vendor gives Tung an illegal anti-hallucinogen, he discovers that the Party leader has a horrible secret. Reception Algis Budrys said that "the first three-quarters of (the) story appear to be very good", and that although "Dick knows his hallucinogens very well", in "Faith of Our Fathers" "he makes sense only to himself". "Faith of Our Fathers" was nominated for the 1968 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.1968 Hugo Awards , at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved October 14, 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return Match
Return may refer to: In business, economics, and finance * Return on investment (ROI), the financial gain after an expense. * Rate of return, the financial term for the profit or loss derived from an investment * Tax return, a blank document or template supplied by a government for use in the reporting of tax information * Product return, the process of bringing back merchandise to a retailer for a refund or exchange * Returns (economics), the benefit distributed to the owner of a factor of production * Abnormal return, denoting the difference in behaviour between one stock and the overall stock market * Taxes, where tax returns are forms submitted to taxation authorities In technology * Return (architecture), the receding edge of a flat face * Carriage return, a key on an alphanumeric keyboard commonly equated with the "enter" key * Return statement, a computer programming statement that ends a subroutine and resumes execution where the subroutine was called * Return code, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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