''The Little Black Box'' is a collection of
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 unive ...
stories by American writer
Philip K. Dick
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. It was first published by
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* Victor Gollancz Ltd, a former British publishing house, now used as an imprint by the Orion Publishing Group
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* Gołańcz
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in 1990 and reprints Volume V of ''
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick
''The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick'' is a collection of 118 science fiction stories by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Underwood-Miller in 1987 as a five volume set. See Philip K. Dick bibliography for informatio ...
''. 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
''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Editi ...
'', ''
Amazing Stories'', ''
Fantasy and Science Fiction'', ''Famous Science Fiction'', ''
Niekas
''Niekas'' (from Lithuanian: ''nothing'' or ''nobody'') was a science fiction fanzine published from 1962–1998 by Ed Meskys – also spelled ''Meškys'' – of New Hampshire. It won the 1967 Hugo Award for Best Fanzine, and was nominat ...
'', ''Rolling Stone College Papers'', ''
Interzone'', ''
Playboy
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K ...
'', ''
Omni'' and ''The Yuba City High Times''.
Contents
* Introduction, by
Thomas M. Disch
Thomas Michael Disch (February 2, 1940 – July 4, 2008) was an American science fiction author and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book – previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book" – in 1999, and he had two other Hugo nomination ...
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The Little Black Box"
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The War with the Fnools
"The War with the Fnools" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published in '' Galaxy'' magazine in 1969.
The Fnools are invaders who appear to be two-foot-tall human beings. They take on the guise of ...
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A Game of Unchance
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Precious Artifact"
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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 repri ...
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A Terran Odyssey
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* "Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday"
* "Holy Quarrel"
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We Can Remember It for You Wholesale"
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Not By Its Cover"
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Return Match
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In business, economics, and finance
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* Rate of return, the financial term for the profit or loss derived from an investment
* Tax return, a blank document or t ...
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Faith of Our Fathers"
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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 ...
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* "Cadbury, the Beaver Who Lacked"
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A Little Something for Us Tempunauts"
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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 fut ...
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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 ...
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The Day Mr. Computer Fell out of its Tree
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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 st ...
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Chains of Air, Web of Aether
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Strange Memories of Death
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* Strange (comic book), a comic book limited series by Marvel Comics
* Strange (Marvel Comics), one of a pair of Marvel Comics characters known as The Strangers
* Adam Strange, a DC Comics superhero
* The title char ...
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I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
"I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon" is a short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. The short story was first published in ''Playboy'' in December 1980, under the title "Frozen Journey".
Plot summary
In the story, a man (Victor Kemmings) regains c ...
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Rautavaara's Case"
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The Alien Mind"
* Notes
References
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1990 short story collections
Short story collections by Philip K. Dick
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