The King of the Elves (+1 extra story). The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford, Other editions of this volume have the same list of stories, and were published under these titles: The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford He has been described by The Wall Street Journal as the man who, "More than anyone else… really puts you inside people's minds." Dick has written some of the most intriguing, original and thought-provoking fiction of our time. Viewed by many as the greatest science fiction writer on any planet, Philip K. But when he is confronted by the Special Police, who seem to be investigating Retherick for their own reasons, Jennings finds himself running for his life, realizing that the "worthless" objects are the key to unlocking his recent past, and ensuring that he has a future.
Payment for his services, now completed, is a bag of seemingly worthless objects: a code key, a ticket stub, a receipt, a length of wire, half a poker chip, a piece of green cloth and a bus token. Dick really puts you inside people's minds.Electronic mechanic Jennings wakes up with no memory of the past two years of his life - except that he had agreed to work for Retherick Construction. Dick's best books always describe a future that is both entirely recognizable and utterly unimaginable." - The New York Times Book Review
Dick offer an intriguing glimpse into the imagination of one of science fiction's most enduring and respected names. In the last year of his life, the film Blade Runner was made from his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? More recently, Dick's short story The Minority Report inspired Steven Spielberg's movie of the same title. Here, readers will find Dick's initial explorations of the themes he so brilliantly brought to life in his later work.ĭick won the prestigious Hugo Award for the best novel of 1963 for The Man in the High Castle. This collection draws from the writer's earliest short and medium-length fiction (including several previously unpublished stories), written during the years 1952-1955, and features such fascinating stories as Paycheck (adapted as a major motion picture starring Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman), Beyond Lies the Wub, The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford, The Variable Man, and many others. Dick Society is devoted to the study and promulgation of his works. Dick Award is now presented annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount, and his reputation has been enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. Dick to have been the greatest science fiction writer on any planet. Dick are awe inspiring." - The Washington Post With a Preface by the Author and an Introduction by Roger Zelazny
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