"The Unreconstructed M" is a science fiction novelette by Philip K. Dick, first published in the January 1957 issue of ''

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'' and later in ''

The Minority Report "The Minority Report" is a 1956 science fiction novella by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in ''Fantastic Universe''. In a future society, three mutants foresee all crime before it occurs. Plugged into a great machine, these " p ...

''. The story is in the

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. In it, an independent researcher uncovers a plot to falsify evidence in a world where the technology used to solve crimes has advanced.

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