''I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon'' is a book by American writer
Philip K. Dick, a collection of 10
science fiction
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short stories
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and one essay. It was first published by
Doubleday in 1985 and was edited by Mark Hurst and
Paul Williams. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines ''
Fantasy and Science Fiction
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'', ''Worlds of Tomorrow'', ''
Amazing Stories
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'', ''
Interzone'', ''Rolling Stone College Papers'', ''The Yuba City High Times'', ''
Omni'' and ''
Playboy
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''.
Contents
* "
How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later"
* "
The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford"
* "
Explorers We"
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Holy Quarrel"
* "
What'll We Do with Ragland Park?"
* "
Strange Memories of Death"
* "
The Alien Mind"
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The Exit Door Leads In"
* "
Chains of Air, Web of Aether"
* "
Rautavaara's Case
"Rautavaara's Case" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published in 1980 in '' Omni'' magazine and subsequently in the 1985 short story collection '' I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon''. The story was also in ...
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* "
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon"
Reception
Dave Langford
David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter ''Ansible'', and holds the all-time record for most ...
reviewed ''I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon'' for ''
White Dwarf
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'' #75, and stated that "There may be no more Dick collections, so bag this one."
Reviews
*Review by E. F. Bleiler (1985) in ''
Fantasy Review
''Fantasy Newsletter'' was a major fantasy fanzine founded by Paul C. Allen and later issued by Robert A. Collins. Frequent contributors included Fritz Leiber and Gene Wolfe.
Publication history
The first issue appeared in June 1978, and Allen ...
'', July 1985
*Review by Debbie Notkin (1985) in ''
Locus'', #295 August 1985
*Review by Don D'Ammassa (1985) in ''
Science Fiction Chronicle
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'', #73 October 1985
*Review by L. J. Hurst (1986) in ''
Vector
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Vector may also refer to:
Mathematic ...
'' 131
*Review by Andrew Andrews (1986) in ''
Science Fiction Review'', Fall 1986
References
Sources
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External links
How To Build A Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later(Essay by PKD on his "discovery" that we are living in the Roman Empire)
{{Philip K. Dick
1985 short story collections
Short story collections by Philip K. Dick
Doubleday (publisher) books