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stories by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Berkley Books in 1980. The stories had originally appeared in the magazines '' If'', ''

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* Foreword, by Mark Hurst * Introduction, by Philip K. Dick * " The Golden Man" (1954) * "

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" (1967) * " The King of the Elves" (1953) * " The Mold of Yancy" (1955) * "

Not By Its Cover "Not by Its Cover" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, a "loose sequel" to his first published science fiction short story, "Beyond Lies the Wub". The story continues the former's theme of immortality, although not f ...

" (1968) * " The Little Black Box" (1964) * " The Unreconstructed M" (1957) * " The War with the Fnools" (1964) * " The Last of the Masters" (1954) * " Meddler" (1954) * "

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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 f ...

" (1974) * Story Notes * Afterword

Reception

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reported that the collection included a wide range of work, from some of Dick's best to outright "turkeys", concluding "Dick is of that stature where even his failures merit publication.""Books -- 1979: Fluff and Fizzles"
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F&SF ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher ...

'', July 1980

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Golden Man, The 1980 short story collections Short story collections by Philip K. Dick Berkley Books books

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Reception

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