Philip K. Dick – Page 55

The Defenders by Philip K. Dick

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Italian cover mirroring The Defenders

Did you know that Philip K. Dick’s fifth published story, The Defenders, is public domain? It is!

Like many of Dick’s tales The Defenders this is a post-atomic war story. The planet’s surface devastated, flushed with radioactivity, and has been abandoned. The population now lives in vast underground cities. In their place intelligent robots fight in their place.

I’ve put together a |PDF| from the original publication in Galaxy Science Fiction, which includes terrific illustrations by Ed Emshwiller. And there’s a complete ETEXT version available through Project Gutenberg. And LibriVox has the audiobook edition. Enjoy!

The Defenders
By Philip K. Dick; Read by Gregg Margarite
1 |MP3| – Approx. 50 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: May 21, 2009
No weapon has ever been frightful enough to put a stop to war—perhaps because we never before had any that thought for themselves! From Galaxy Science Fiction January 1953.

And here’s the radio drama adaptation:

X-Minus One X Minus One – The Defenders
Based on the story by Philip K. Dick; Adapted by George Lefferts; Performed by a full cast
1 |MP3| – Approx. 28 Minutes [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: NBC
Broadcast: May 22, 1956
Provider: Internet Archive
East and West make war above ground with robots while both sides live underground … or do they?

Cast:
Lydia Bruce
Warren Parker
Grant Richards
Mike Ingram
Stan Early

Galaxy January 1953 - The Defenders by Philip K. Dick - illustrated by Ed Emshwiller565

The Defenders by Philip K. Dick illustrated by Ed Emshwiller

Here’s the X Minus One adaptation that I’ve put together with the original art from its publication in the Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1953 issue:

Posted by Jesse Willis

WIKISOURCE: Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick – MANUAL AUDIOBOOK EDITION (you have to read it aloud yourself)

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Wikisource, the “Free Library of source texts which are in the public domain or legally available for free redistribution” (a sister project of Wikipedia) has a now completely OCRd edition The Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick.

The complete text, including images from its first publication, is now up and ready for your reading pleasure. |GET IT HERE|

Since the public domain audiobook version isn’t available anymore (due to the threat of a lawsuit) you can’t read-along.

If you’re civil minded, and a PKD fan, why not go and protest the threat, support the common good, and read the text aloud to a friend?

I’ve done it myself, it’s really fun, but I would actually recommend you print up a couple of copies and read it aloud with that friend!

Take turns, enjoy yourselves.

I don’t know if you’d want to record the audio, LibriVox is still under threat. But maybe you could even make a YouTube (or other) video out of it!

If you do I’ll embed the video below.

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team

Adjustment Team was first published in Orbit Science Fiction’s Sept-Oct 1954 (No.4) issue.

Illustrations by Faragasso:

Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick

Posted by Jesse Willis

Commentary: Philip K. Dick’s PUBLIC DOMAIN short stories, novelettes, and novellas

SFFaudio Commentary

PHILIP K. DICK (1928 -1982) explored personal, religious, sociological, political and philosophical themes in his Science Fiction and Fantasy short stories.

This post is a complete listing of every known Philip K. Dick short story published between 1952 and 1963. Many of them are in the public domain. The known PD titles are all listed. The unknown ones and the ones we aren’t sure about are listed too. My hope is that this list will help bring more of the public domain PHILIP K. DICK stories out into the open (and thus be turned into audiobooks).

Beside each story title I have made a series of notes and links:

First up is the original publication (mostly magazines, but there are a few anthologies). Next is the public domain status (if known). Then there is a link to the Wikipedia entry for the story (indicated by the “W”) when available. If the story is PD then I’ve provided a link to either the Project Gutenberg etext or the SickMyDuck equivalent (if PG doesn’t have it). Those links are represented as either “PG” or “SD”. If SFFaudio has posted about the story or podcast a discussion about it I’ve added a link and represented it as “SFF”. Finally, if there is a LibriVox audiobook version available I have added the links to the MP3 (or MP3s).

Update:
-I have added Internet Science Fiction Database links using the abbreviation ISFDB.
-I have added Copyright Office scans (when available) using the abbreviation COS.
-I have added Copyright Office data (when available) using the abbreviation COD.
-I have added scans of the original table of contents for each story using the abbreviation OTOC.

Update II:
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If you have any information about any of these stories that you think might help please comment or send me an email with the subject line “Philip K. Dick’s PUBLIC DOMAIN short stories, novelettes and novellas”.

Short stories, novelettes and novellas by Philip K. Dick (1952-1963):

Beyond Lies The Wub – Planet Stories, July 1952 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SFF|PG|MP3|ISFDB|OTOC|

The Gun – Planet Stories, September 1952 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SFF|PG|W|SFF|MP3|ISFDB|OTOC|PDF|

The Skull – If, September 1952 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|PG|SFF|MP3|ISFDB|OTOC|PDF|

The Little Movement – Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1952 |W|ISFDB|COS1|COS2|OTOC|

The Defenders – Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1953 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SFF|ISFDB|PG|MP3|COS|OTOC|PDF|

Mr. Spaceship – Imagination, January 1953 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|PG|MP3|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|

Piper In The Woods – Imagination, February 1953 –PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|PG|SFF|MP3|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|

Roog – Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1953 – LIKELY PUBLIC DOMAIN – |W|SFF|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|

Second Variety – Space Science Fiction, May 1953 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|PG|SFF|MP3 Pt.1|MP3 Pt.2|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|

The Infinites – Planet Stories, May 1953 |W|ISFDB|COS|

The World She Wanted – Science Fiction Quarterly, May 1953 |ISFDB|COS|

The Eyes Have It – Science Fiction Stories, #1 (1953) – PUBLIC DOMAIN |PG|SFF|MP3|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|

Martians Come In Clouds – Fantastic Universe, June-July 1953 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|

The Cosmic Poachers – Imagination, July 1953 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|

The Variable Man – Space Science Fiction, July/Sept. 1953 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|PG|SFF|MP3 Pt.1|MP3 Pt.2|MP3 Pt.3|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|

The Impossible Planet – Imagination, October 1953 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|

Some Kinds Of Life [as by Richard Phillipps] – Fantastic Universe, October-November 1953 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|

The Hanging Stranger – Science Fiction Adventures, December 1953 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |SFF|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|

Project: Earth – Imagination, December 1953 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|

Tony And The Beetles – Orbit, No. 2 (1953) – PUBLIC DOMAIN |SFF|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|

Jon’s World – Time To Come edited by August Dereleth (1954) |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|*other stories in this anthology were renewed [A00000135732]

Beyond The Door – Fantastic Universe, January 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |PG|SFF|MP3|ISFDB|OTOC|PDF|

The Crystal Crypt – Planet Stories, January 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|PG|SFF|MP3|ISFDB|OTOC|PDF|

Prize Ship – Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1954 |W|ISFDB|OTOC|

*A Present For Pat – Startling Stories, January 1954 |ISFDB|OTOC|*other stories in Startling Stories, January 1954 were renewed separately [B00000449219] but not A Present For Pat

The Golden Man – If, April 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SD|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|

Small Town – Amazing Stories, May 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |SFF|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|

Survey Team – Fantastic Universe, May 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |ISFDB|COS|PDF|

Sales Pitch – Future Science Fiction, June 1954 |W|ISFDB|COS|TOC|SFF|PDF|

The Turning Wheel – Science Fiction Stories, #2 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SD|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|

Time Pawn – Thrilling Wonder Stories, Summer 1954 – LIKELY PUBLIC DOMAIN – NEVER REPRINTED |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|

Breakfast At Twilight – Amazing Stories, July 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SD|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|

The Crawlers – Imagination, July 1954 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|

Of Withered Apples – Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, July 1954 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|

Exhibit Piece – If, August 1954 PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|

Shell Game – Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SD|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|

Adjustment Team – Orbit, No. 4, September-October 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SD|SFF1|SFF2|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|WIKISOURCE|PDF|

A World Of Talent – Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1954 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|

Meddler – Future Science Fiction, October 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SD|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|

Souvenir – Fantastic Universe, October 1954 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|

The Last Of The Masters – Orbit, No. 5, November-December 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SD|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|

Progeny – If, November 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|

Upon The Dull Earth – Beyond Fantasy Fiction (#9) 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SFF|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|

Strange Eden – Imagination, December 1954 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|

Foster, You’re Dead – Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 (1955) – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|

Human Is – Startling Stories, Winter 1955 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|

Captive Market – If, April 1955 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|

The Hood Maker – Imagination, June 1955 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|

Service Call – Science Fiction Stories, July 1955 |W|ISFDB|COS|

A Surface Raid – Fantastic Universe, July 1955 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|

To Serve The Master – Imagination, February 1956 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|

Vulcan’s Hammer – Future Science Fiction, #29 (April 1956) – |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|

Misadjustment – Science Fiction Quarterly, February 1957 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|

Null-O – If, December 1958 |W|ISFDB|OTOC|

Explorers We – Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1959 |W|ISFDB|OTOC|

Recall Mechanism – If, July 1959 |W|ISFDB|OTOC|

War Game – Galaxy Magazine, December 1959 |ISFDB|OTOC|

Stand-By – Amazing Stories, October 1963 |ISFDB|COD|OTOC|

The Days of Perky Pat – Amazing Stories, December 1963 |W|ISFDB|COD|

Waterspider – If, January 1964 |ISFDB|COD|OTOC|

Oh To Be A Blobel – Galaxy, February 1964 |ISFDB|COD|OTOC|

Orpheus With Feet Of Clay – unknown issue of Escapade 1963? 1964? under the pseudonym Jack Dowland |ISFDB|

UPDATE:

Here are some scans of various tables of contents and acknowledgement pages that will verify the true first publication dates of some of the works above:

Table of contents for Imagination, July 1954 (includes The Crawlers by Philip K. Dick):

Table of contents for Science Fiction Stories No. 2 1954 (includes Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick):

Table of contents and copyright page for Orbit Science Fiction No.4 (Sept-Oct 1954) (containing Adjustment Team):
Orbit Science Fiction No.4 Sept-Oct 1954 Table Of Contents

Table of contents for Cosmos Science Fiction And Fantasy, September 1953 (includes The Great C by Philip K. Dick):

Table of contents for Cosmos Science Fiction And Fantasy – July 1954 (includes Of Withered Apples by Philip K. Dick):

Acknowledgements page from I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon:
Acknowledgements page from I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

Acknowledgements page from Invasion Of The Robots:
Acknowledgements page from Invasion Of The Robots

Acknowledgements page from The Best Of Philip K. Dick:
Acknowledgements page from The Best Of Philip K. Dick

Acknowledgements page from The Golden Man:
Acknowledgements page from The Golden Man

Acknowledgements page from The Preserving Machine:
Acknowledgements page from The Preserving Machine

Acknowledgements page from The Variable Man And Other Stories:
Acknowledgements page from The Variable Man And Other Stories

Acknowledgments page from Other Worlds, Other Times:
Acknowledgments page from Other Worlds, Other Times

Table of contents from Amazing Stories May 1954 (includes Small Town by Philip K. Dick):

Table of contents from Fantastic Universe May 1954 (includes Survey Team by Philip K. Dick):

Table of contents from Fantastic Universe June – July 1953:
Table of Contents - Fantastic Universe, June - July 1953 - Martians Come In Clouds by Philip K. Dick

Table of contents from Future Science Fiction October 1954:

Table of contents from Amazing Stories, August September 1953 (includes The Commuter by Philip K. Dick):

Table of contents from Galaxy Science Fiction January 1953:

Table of contents from Galaxy Science Fiction October 1954:

Table of contents from Galaxy Science Fiction September 1954:

United States Copyright Catalog Entry for Registration Number RE0000190631:

Table of contents for IF, September 1952 (includes The Skull):
Table of contents from If September 1952 (includes The Skull)

Table of contents for IF, March 1955 (includes War Veteran):
Table of contents from IF - March 1955

Table of contents for Imagination July 1953 (includes The Cosmic Poachers):

Table of contents for Science Fiction Adventures Magazine December 1953 (includes The Hanging Stranger):

Table of contents for Science Fiction Adventures Magazine December 1953

Table of contents for Fantastic Universe’s June-July 1953 issue (includes Martians Come In Clouds by Philip K. Dick):

Table of contents for Fantastic Universe's June-July 1953 issue (includes Martians Come In Clouds by Philip K. Dick)

Table of contents for Future Science Fiction’s October 1954 issue (includes Meddler by Philip K. Dick):

Future Science Fiction October 1954 - table of Contents - includes Meddler by Philip K. Dick

Table of contents for the August 1963 Worlds of Tomorrow (includes All We Marsmen by Philip K. Dick – Part 1 of 3):

Worlds Of Tomorrow - August 1963 - Table Of Contents (All We Marsmen by Philip K. Dick - Part 1)

Table of contents for the October 1963 Worlds of Tomorrow (includes All We Marsmen by Philip K. Dick – Part 2 of 3):

Table of contents for the October 1963 Worlds of Tomorrow (includes All We Marsmen by Philip K. Dick - Part 2 of 3):

Table of contents for the December 1963 Worlds of Tomorrow (includes All We Marsmen by Philip K. Dick – Part 3 of 3):

Table of contents for the December 1963 Worlds of Tomorrow (includes All We Marsmen by Philip K. Dick - Part 3 of 3):

Table of contents for the December 1958 issue of Worlds Of If (includes Null-O by Philip K. Dick):

Table of contents for Worlds Of If April 1954 (includes The Golden Man by Philip K. Dick):

Table of contents for Worlds Of If – November 1954 (includes Progeny by Philip K. Dick):

Table of contents for If: Worlds Of Science Fiction – September 1953 (includes The Trouble With Bubbles by Philip K. Dick):

Table of contents for IF: Worlds Of Science Fiction – May 1954 (includes Prominent Author by Philip K. Dick):

Table of contents for Starling Stories Winter 1955 (includes Human Is by Philip K. Dick):

If Worlds Of Science Fiction, April 1955 – Table Of Contents (includes Captive Market by Philip K. Dick):

Fantastic Story Magazine, July 1953 – Table Of Contents (includes The Indefatigable Frog by Philip K. Dick):

Fantastic Universe October-November 1953 – Table Of Contents (includes Planet For Transients by Philip K. Dick and Some Kinds Of Life by Richard Phillipps [aka Philip K. Dick]):
Fantastic Universe October 1953 - Table Of Contents (includes Planet For Transients by Philip K. Dick)

Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1959 – Table Of Contents (Includes War Game by Philip K. Dick):

IF Worlds Of SF August 1954 Table Of Contents (includes Exhibit Piece by Philip K. Dick):

Galaxy Science Fiction November 1955 Table Of Contents (includes Autofac by Philip K. Dick):
Galaxy November 1955 - Table Of Contents - includes Autofac by Philip K. Dick

Galaxy Science Fiction December 1963 (includes If There Were No Benny Cemoli by Philip K. Dick):

Beyond Fantasy Fiction – Table Of Contents – September 1953 (includes The King Of The Elves by Philip K. Dick):
Beyond Fantasy Fiction - Table Of Contents - September 1953 (includes King Of The Elves)

Beyond Fiction Volume 2, Number 3, Issue #9 (1954) – Table Of Contents (includes Upon The Dull Earth by Philip K. Dick):
Beyond Fiction Volume 2 Number 3 Issue 9 - Table Of Contents (includes Upon The Dull Earth)

IF Worlds Of Science Fiction July 1959 – Table Of Contents (includes Recall Mechanism by Philip K. Dick):

Fantastic, February 1964 table of contents (includes Novelty Act by Philip K. Dick):

Fantasy Fiction, August 1953 – Table of contents (includes Out In The Garden by Philip K. Dick):
Fantasy Fiction, August 1953 - Table of contents (includes Out In The Garden by Philip K. Dick)

Startling Stories, Spring 1955 – Table of contents (includes Nanny by Philip K. Dick):

Planet Stories, January 1954 – Table of contents (includes The Crystal Crypt by Philip K. Dick):
Planet Stories, January 1954 - Table of contents (includes The Crystal Crypt by Philip K. Dick)

Planet Stories, September 1952 – Table of contents (includes The Gun by Philip K. Dick):

Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 (includes Foster You’re Dead by Philip K. Dick):

Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1953 -Table of contents (includes Roog by Philip K. Dick):

Imagination, December 1953 – Table of contents (includes Project: EARTH by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, December 1953 - Table of contents (includes Project: EARTH by Philip K. Dick)

Amazing Stories, July 1954 – Table of contents (includes Breakfast At Twilight by Philip K. Dick):
Amazing July 1954 - Table of contents (includes Breakfast At Twilight by Philip K. Dick)

Galaxy, February 1964 – Table of contents (includes Oh To Be A Blobel by Philip K. Dick):
Galaxy, February 1964 - Table of contents (Oh To Be A Blobel by Philip K. Dick)

Orbit, No.2 – Table of contents (includes Tony And The Beetles by Philip K. Dick):
Orbit, No.2, Table of contents (includes Tony And The Beetles by Philip K. Dick)

Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1954 – Table of contents (includes A World Of Talent by Philip K. Dick):

Galaxy Science Fiction, June 1953 – Table of contents (includes Colony by Philip K. Dick):

RE0000562527 – renewals of All We Marsmen, Stand By, What’ll We Do With Ragland Park?, The Days Of Perky Pat, If There Were No Benny Cemoli, Oh To Be A Blobel, Waterspider, and Novelty Act:
RE0000562527 - renewals of All We Marsmen, Stand By, What'll We Do With Ragland Park?, The Days Of Perky Pat, If There Were No Benny Cemoli, Oh To Be A Blobel, Waterspider, and Novelty Act

Planet Stories, July 1952 – Table Of Contents (includes Beyond Lies The Wub by Philip K. Dick):
Planet Stories, July 1952 - Table Of Contents (includes Beyond Lies The Wub by Philip K. Dick)

Imagination, February 1953 – Table Of Contents (includes Piper In The Woods by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, February 1953 - table of contents (includes Piper In The Woods by Philip K. Dick)

Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1959 – Table Of Contents (includes Explorers We by Philip K. Dick):

Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1954 – table of contents (includes The Father-Thing by Philip K. Dick):

Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1952 – table of contents (includes The Little Movement by Philip K. Dick):

Thrilling Wonder Stories, Summer 1954 – table of contents (includes Time Pawn by Philip K. Dick):

Imaginative Tales, November 1955 – table of contents (includes Psi-Man Heal My Child! by Philip K. Dick):

Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1953 – table of contents (includes The Preserving Machine by Philip K. Dick):

If, August 1955 – table of contents (includes The Mold Of Yancy by Philip K. Dick):
If, August 1955 - Table Of Contents - (includes The Mold Of Yancy by Philip K. Dick)

If, September 1959 – table of contents (includes Fair Game by Philip K. Dick):
If, September 1959 - table of contents (includes Fair Game by Philip K. Dick)

If, January 1954 – table of contents (includes Waterspider by Philip K. Dick):
If, January 1954 - table of contents (includes Waterspider by Philip K. Dick)

Amazing Stories, November 1963 – table of contents (includes What’ll We Do With Ragland Park? by Philip K. Dick)

Amazing Stories, October 1963 – table of contents (includes Stand-By by Philip K. Dick):

Science Fiction Stories, #1 (1953) – table of contents (includes The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick):

Science Fiction Quarterly, February 1957 – table of contents (includes Misadjustment by Philip K. Dick):

Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1953 – table of contents (includes Expendable by Philip K. Dick):

Startling Stories, January 1954 – table of contents (includes A Present For Pat by Philip K. Dick):

Space Science Fiction, May 1953 – table of contents (includes Second Variety by Philip K. Dick):

Fantastic Universe, January 1954 – table of contents (includes Beyond The Door by Philip K. Dick):

ORBIT Science Fiction No. 5 – Table of contents (includes The Last Of The Masters by Philip K. Dick):
ORBIT Science Fiction No. 5 - Table of contents (includes The Last Of The Masters by Philip K. Dick)

Imagination, January 1953 – table of contents (includes Mr. Spaceship by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, January 1953 - table of contents (includes Mr. Spaceship by Philip K. Dick)

Space Science Fiction, September 1953 – table of contents (includes The Variable Man by Philip K. Dick):

Imagination, June 1953 – table of contents (includes Paycheck by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, June 1953 - table of contents (includes Paycheck by Philip K. Dick)

Imagination, December 1954 – table of contents (includes Strange Eden by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, December 1954 - table of contents (includes Strange Eden by Philip K. Dick)

Imagination, February 1956 – table of contents (includes To Serve The Master by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, February 1956 - table of contents (includes To Serve The Master by Philip K. Dick)

Imagination, July 1955 – table of contents (includes The Chromium Fence by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, July 1955 - table of contents (includes The Chromium Fence by Philip K. Dick)

Imagination, June 1955 – table of contents (includes The Hood Maker by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, June 1955 - table of contents (includes The Hood Maker by Philip K. Dick)

Science Fiction Stories, January 1957 – table of contents (includes The Unreconstructed M by Philip K. Dick):

Imagination, October 1953 – table of contents (includes The Impossible Planet by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, October 1953 - table of contents (includes The Impossible Planet by Philip K. Dick)

Fantasy Fiction, June 1953 – table of contents (includes The Cookie Lady by Philip K. Dick):
Fantasy Fiction, June 1953 - table of contents (includes The Cookie Lady by Philip K. Dick)

Astounding, June 1953 – table of contents (includes Impostor by Philip K. Dick):
Astounding, June 1953 - table of contents (includes Impostor by Philip K. Dick)

Fantastic Universe, October 1954 – table of contents (includes Souvenir by Philip K. Dick):

Fantastic Universe, July 1955 – table of contents (includes A Surface Raid by Philip K. Dick):

Fantastic Universe, January 1956 – table of contents (includes The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick):

Amazing, December 1953 – January 1954 – table of contents (includes The Builder by Philip K. Dick):
Amazing, December 1953 - January 1954 - table of contents (includes The Builder by Philip K. Dick)

Time To Come edited by August Dereleth (1954) (includes Jon’s World by Philip K. Dick):
Time To Come (1954) - includes Jon's World by Philip K. Dick

Future Science Fiction No. 29 (1956) – table of contents (includes Vulcan’s Hammer by Philip K. Dick):

Satellite Science Fiction, October 1956 – table of contents (includes Pay For The Printer by Philip K. Dick):

Satellite Science Fiction, December 1956 – table of contents (includes A Glass Of Darkness by Philip K. Dick):

Future Science Fiction, June 1954 – table of contents (includes Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick):

Planet Stories, May 1954 – table of contents (includes James P. Crow by Philip K. Dick):
Planet Stories, May 1954 - table of contents (includes James P. Crow by Philip K. Dick)

Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1954 – table of contents (includes Prize Ship by Philip K. Dick):

Posted by Jesse Willis

LibriVox: The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick

SFFaudio Online Audio

LibriVox One of the shortest, if not the shortest, of all of Philip K. Dick’s many short stories. First published in 1953, in Science Fiction Stories #1, The Eyes Have It, is just a simple story about a literal man and the ridiculous alien invasion he imagines. It’s a silly little piece of fluff. A mere lighthearted thought experiment. Just a fun little story of no real account or import. In fact it’s barely …. wait one second … could it … ? …. what if … ? … HEY! That’s that just what they want you to think!!!

The Eyes Have It
By Philip K. Dick; Read by Gregg Margarite
1 |MP3| – Approx. 8 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: March 20, 2010
|ETEXT|
A little whimsy, now and then, makes for good balance. Theoretically, you could find this type of humor anywhere. But only a topflight science-fictionist, we thought, could have written this story, in just this way….

Posted by Jesse Willis

The SFFaudio Podcast #122 – AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: Beyond The Door by Philip K. Dick

Podcast

The SFFaudio Podcast #122 – a complete and unabridged reading of Beyond The Door by Philip K. Dick, followed by a discussion of it with Scott, Jesse, Tamahome and Gregg Margarite (who narrated the story).

Talked about on today’s show:
Beyond The Door is a story about a very angry bird, is it a puff-piece or a potboiler?, Rod Serling, Twilight Zone, “My name is Talky Tina and I’m going to kill you.”, Living Doll, Telly Savalas, Clown Without Pity (from Treehouse of Horror III), Night Gallery, Chucky, were clowns always scary?, automaton, fantasy, is it a haunted cuckoo clock?, what does that mean?, why is that in there?, who is Pete?, Pete has to be her dead brother, did Pete die in the same way?, the Black Forest, what’s wrong with this woman?, “it was written in the fifties!”, she’s happy and she’s sad, Umberto Eco and the role of the reader, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Eric S. Rabkin, Warehouse 13, is the first line a moral lesson (or merely a magazine call out)?, Project Gutenberg’s etext edition of Beyond The Door, Fantastic Universe Science Fiction, this story is not about a cuckoo clock, it’s about the cuckoo bird and the cuckoo egg, and the egg’s name is Pete, Perky Pat, Gregg has read Philip K. Dick’s Exegesis, James Joyce, what am I thinking?, what am I feeling?, “keep thinking about that”, “it’s wholesale baby”, this is sex, Bob is her lover (in the 1950s sense), anthropomorphizing cuckoo clock’s bird is not that uncommon, “you’ll love it Bobby”, this is a really strange clock, it would keep you up all night, the cuckoo clock fad (they were ubiquitous), “like a new member of the family”, what is the symbol of?, the cuckoo is a brood parasite, the characteristics of cuckoo eggs and chicks, “some important special accounts” sounds like a story, “how nice you look today”, “Mrs. Peters across the street you know…”, “oh oh oh”, Pete was only her half brother, “it’s 3 o’clock in the morning and you need 5,000 words by ten a.m.”, Clans Of The Alphane Moon, Dick’s many marriages, Tessa Dick, structuralism vs. post structuralism, writer’s intent vs. the text standing alone, does the author’s intent matter?, a bastard child, “she’s seen this thing in action before”, the great depression -> WWII -> many impulsive marriages, Bob isn’t gay, “no guy is interested in buttons!”, “does he realize he is next in line?”, “monogamy is designed to makes sure the male gets a genetic heir”, the cuckoo is her champion, “I like a good deal”, “he’s rude, he doesn’t deserve to die”, there’s no magic, no science fiction, folklore, mythology, proto-story, Scott read Beyond The Door aloud to his daughter, James Thurber’s The Princess And The Tin Box, Anthony Boucher, three or four princes, reverse-dowry, “red charger” vs. plow horse, mica and hornblende, she’s not an idiot, anyone who thought she was going to…, this is an overturning of that, it’s a fractured fairy tale, a noir fairy tale, Frank R. Stockton, The Griffin and the Minor Canon, Snow White as a horror story, Rocky And Bullwinkle, June Foray, William Conrad, Jake And The Fatman, “finish before it burns”, the Marx Bros., the self-deprecating stuff we like today, Forever Peace, we got it sorted, anecdotal proof.

Posted by Jesse Willis

The SFFaudio Podcast #118 – READALONG: Upon The Dull Earth by Philip K. Dick

Podcast

The SFFaudio Podcast #118 – Scott, Jesse and Tamahome talk about Philip K. Dick’s wonderful novelette Upon The Dull Earth (available in Blackstone Audio’s The Selected Stories Of Philip K. Dick Volume 2)

Talked about on today’s show:
Beyond Fantasy Fiction, the prolific Philip K. Dick, Galaxy Magazine, H.L. Gold, is Upon The Dull Earth Fantasy or Science Fiction, suburban romance?, rural romance, Jesse loves the setting, cedars, angels, The Odyssey, On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers, Jesse’s terrible Philip K. Dick impersonation, a wooden faucet?, a one way ladder to another plane, using your coffin as a cocoon, “Rick, I cut myself.”, Rick is responsible for her death, is Rick in hell?, Silvia is a sick chick, shortly after Silvia’s incineration, blood from a New Jersey abattoir, Upon The Dull Earth would be perfect for the A Good Story Is Hard To Find podcast, God has moved on up, HE is capitalized, she’s Fantasy, he’s Science Fiction, she’s elf-like, he’s machine-like, iron and spirits don’t mix, ridding one’s self of civilization, Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |READ OUR REVIEW|, uisge beatha mean “the water of life” (or whisky), is Silvia depressed?, YA, valkyries, insects, The Hanging Man had insects too, witch vs. saint, remember Prometheus and the fire?, ripples from the event, kraals of white skinned young women, is this all going on in Rick’s head, Rick picks up a hitchhiker to use him as a guinea pig, “you’re crowding me man”, going into the underworld to get back your dead girlfriend, when someone dies you mourn your loss, Plato (and Aristophanes’) story about the mythological division of male from female (The Symposium), “we were meant to be together”, “you complete me” and similar cliches, what happens at the end?, Fair Game by Philip K. Dick, Philip K. Dick stories often have a roadside cafe scene and a gas station scene, “like the doves in a John Woo movie”, where does the title of Upon The Dull Earth come from?, she was merely playing at death, disturbed spirits thirsty for blood, the natural of order of things has been violated, William Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Act 4, Scene 2, the character name Sylvia comes from the play, but sylvan means “of the wood”, is she a fairy?, HBO’s True Blood, Icarus, the Wikipedia entry for Upon The Dull Earth, the many mentions of clay, Wonder Woman came from clay, Batman: False Faces by Brian K. Vaughn, J. Michael Straczynski, the Golem, Ted Chiang’s Seventy-Two Letters, The Adventures Of Cavalier And Clay by Michael Chabon, capricious (adj.) Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior, religion, Steven H Silver’s review of Seventy-Two Letters (and Stories Of Your Life And Other Stories), FREE TED CHIANG!, Saint Bernadette, Philip K. Dick really cares about the way the story is told, we never see inside a character’s mind, the authorial view, is Dick popular in for movies for this reason?, it’s grotesque!, she filled the Silex, “We’re all going to have wings!”, “We won’t be worms anymore”, Silvia’s looking for an abusive relationship, Blackstone Audio, the audiobook, Upon The Dull Earth is best read aloud, Tama didn’t know how fantastical Dick was, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, its a Noir Horror Science Fiction Fantasy story, anime, Berserk, Project A-Ko, Princess Mononoke, I only understand Japanese movies made by Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon, The Seven Samurai, “I can barely understand the people wearing a Storm Trooper costumes”, Jesse needs some accessible anime, Spirited Away, what are the background assumptions in anime, Cowboy Beebop intro, Luke’s review of Solaris on SFBRP, Erik S. Rabkin, Just Imagine is a crazy musical with plenty of background assumptions (like prohibition), Hey Want To Watch A Movie? podcast, is there an MST3K podcast?, Tam was thinking of the non-podcast Rifftrax.com, readalong vs. watchalong, The Thing, The Thing From Another World, The Thing (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger, The Amazing Spider-Man, comic books vs. Hollywood, The Avengers will be written and directed by Joss Whedon, swastikas are banned in Germany, it’s a case of it’s time to end the podcast.

Upon The Dull Earth by Philip K. Dick - BEYOND FANTASY FICTION #9 (November 1954) illustrations by Rene Vidmer

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