"Waterspider" is a

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short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in the January 1964 edition of ''If'' magazine. Dick's story "Waterspider" features

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as one of the main characters. The author refers to himself and his stories "

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" and " The Defenders", and mentions several other science fiction writers of the period, including

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, and Isaac Asimov.

References

External links

Worlds of IF (January 1964)
at the

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, archived March 2, 2016. Short stories by Philip K. Dick 1964 short stories Works originally published in If (magazine) {{1960s-sf-story-stub