Best Philip K Dick Novels - April 2024

Philip K. Dick: Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s

Jonathan Lethem, editor "The most outré science fiction writer of the 20th century has finally entered the canon," exclaimed Wired Magazine upon The Library of America's May 2007 publication of Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s, edited by Jonathan Lethem. Now comes a companion volume collecting five novels that offer a breathtaking overview of the range of this science-fiction master. Philip K. Dick (1928-82) was a writer of incandescent imagination who made and unmade world-systems with ferocious rapidity and unbridled speculative daring. "The floor joists of the universe," he once ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1598530259
• ASIN: 1598530259
• ISBN: 9781598530254
• Manufacturer: Library of America

Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s

Known in his lifetime primarily to readers of science fiction, Philip K. Dick is now seen as a uniquely visionary figure, a writer who, in editor Jonathan Lethem’s words, “wielded a sardonic yet heartbroken acuity about the plight of being alive in the twentieth century, one that makes him a lonely hero to the readers who cherish him.”This Library of America volume brings together four of Dick’s most original novels. The Man in the High Castle (1962), which won the Hugo Award, describes an alternate world in which Japan and Germany have won World War II and America is divided into se... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1598530097
• ASIN: 1598530097
• ISBN: 1598530097
• Brand: Library of America
• Manufacturer: Library of America

The Philip K. Dick Collection: A Library of America Boxed Set

This boxed set includes all three Library of America volumes collecting Philip K. Dick’s best science fiction novels: The Man in the High Castle • The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? • Ubik • Martian Time-Slip • Dr. Bloodmoney • Now Wait for Last Year • Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said • A Scanner Darkly • A Maze of Death • VALIS • The Divine Invasion • The Transmigration of Timothy ArcherLIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publish... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1598530496
• ASIN: 1598530496
• ISBN: 1598530496
• Brand: Library of America
• Manufacturer: Library of America

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: The inspiration for the films Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049

A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade Runner By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature, and for people who can’t afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep. They’ve even built humans. Immigrants to Mars receive androids so sophisticated they are indistinguishable from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans can wreak, the go... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345404475
• ASIN: 0345404475
• ISBN: 0345404475
• Brand: Philip K Dick
• Manufacturer: Del Rey

The Philip K. Dick Reader

Includes the stories that inspired the movies Total Recall, Screamers, Minority Report, Paycheck, and Next“More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really puts you inside people’s minds.” —The Wall Street JournalThe Philip K. Dick Reader Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick’s works has continued to mount, and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of scien... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0806537949
• ASIN: 0806537949
• ISBN: 0806537949
• Manufacturer: Citadel

The Skull

• ASIN: B004TRD3VI
• ASIN: B004TRD3VI

The Man in the High Castle

• ASIN: B005MZN2B2
• ASIN: B005MZN2B2
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Beyond Lies the Wub

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

• ASIN: B004UJU5W0
• ASIN: B004UJU5W0

Eye in the Sky: A Novel

While sightseeing at the Belmont Bevatron, Jack Hamilton, along with seven others, is caught in a lab accident. When he regains consciousness, he is in a fantasy world of Old Testament morality gone awry—a place of instant plagues, immediate damnations, and death to all perceived infidels. Hamilton figures out how he and his compatriots can escape this world and return to their own, but first they must pass through three other vividly fantastical worlds, each more perilous and hilarious than the one before.Winner of both the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards for best novel, widely regarded as... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1400030102
• ASIN: 1400030102
• ISBN: 1400030102
• Brand: Brand: Ace Books
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Beyond the Door

• ASIN: B004UJORLK
• ASIN: B004UJORLK

Second Variety

• ASIN: B004UJKI0Y
• ASIN: B004UJKI0Y

Second Variety and Other Classic Stories

Includes “The Golden Man,” the basis for the motion picture Next“The collected stories of Philip K. Dick are awe inspiring.” —The Washington PostMany thousands of readers worldwide consider Philip K. Dick to have been the greatest science fiction writer on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick’s work has continued to mount and his reputation has been enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now presented annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Dick Society is devoted to the study and promul... [Read More]

• ASIN: 080653799X
• ASIN: 080653799X
• ISBN: 080653799X
• Brand: CITADEL
• Manufacturer: Citadel

Ubik

“From the stuff of space opera, Dick spins a deeply unsettling existential horror story, a nightmare you’ll never be sure you’ve woken up from.”—Lev Grossman, Time Glen Runciter runs a lucrative business—deploying his teams of anti-psychics to corporate clients who want privacy and security from psychic spies. But when he and his top team are ambushed by a rival, he is gravely injured and placed in “half-life,” a dreamlike state of suspended animation. Soon, though, the surviving members of the team begin experiencing some strange phenomena, such as Runciter’s face appearing ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0547572298
• ASIN: 0547572298
• ISBN: 9780547572291
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

A Scanner Darkly

• ASIN: B005LVR6NC
• ASIN: B005LVR6NC
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

• ASIN: B005LVR6V4
• ASIN: B005LVR6V4
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure

Science fiction author Charles Platt writes of Philip K. Dick: "All of his work starts with the basic assumption that there cannot be one, single, objective reality." A little whimsy, now and then, makes for

• UPC: 53265211
• Rating: 4.333

Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Peterson, a crew member of a spaceship loading up with food animals on Mars, buys an enormous pig-like creature known as a "wub" from a native just before departure. Franco, his captain, is worried about

• UPC: 53038313
• Rating: 3.667

The Early Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick

"A new compilation ... reprinted from a variety of science fiction magazines, originally published from 1952-1954"--Title page

• UPC: 21756160
• Rating: 4.5

The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories By Philip K. Dick

With an Introduction by James Tiptree, Jr. "More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really puts you inside people's minds." --Wall Street Journal Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick to have

• UPC: 49012392
• Rating: 4.111

The Early Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick, Volume 2

"In addition to 44 novels, the legendary Philip K. Dick was a prolific writer of short stories, mostly science-fiction. This original anthology features 12 short stories and novellas that appeared in 1950s periodicals such as

• UPC: 48930530
• Rating: 5.0

The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick, Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy

"This story from Science fiction stories, 1953"-T.p.

• UPC: 20528166
• Rating: 4.333

Paycheck and Other Classic Stories By Philip K. Dick

The earliest short and medium-length fiction by Philip K. Dick (including several previously unpublished stories) during the years 1952-1955 is contained in this collection of science fiction stories. In addition to the title story, the

• UPC: 50722418
• Rating: 3.667

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Philip K. Dick

Altered reality, genetic enhancement and drugs combine to create one of the most popular and enduring science fiction novels from award-winning novelist Philip K.

• UPC: 563726448
• Rating: 3.853

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

Collected together for the first time, these wild stories—the inspiration for the highly anticipated new series—present a master of the form at work, combining out-of-this world ideas with a keen understanding of just what makes

• UPC: 56175450
• Rating: 3.5

Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas

In this heartfelt science-fiction homage, Philip K. Dick dies in 1982 in Santa Ana, California, during the fourth term of the repressive imperial presidency of Richard Milrose Nixon. Soon thereafter, stripped of his memory, Dick

• UPC: 53622724
• Rating: 3.0