Phillip K. Dick: Stories

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1 Beyond Lies the Wub

A ship presumably filling its hold ark-like for a long trip picks up a wub, a filthy creature supposedly tasty but also telepathic and intelligent.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 447 | Votes: 34 | Score: 8.10
Size: 14KB | 2,705 words | Posted:

2 Beyond the Door

"Did you ever wonder at the lonely life the bird in a cuckoo clock has to lead --" wrote the editor of "Fantastic Universe" in January, 1954, blurbing this tale "-- that it might possibly love and hate just as easily as a real animal of flesh and blood? Philip Dick used that idea for this brief fantasy tale. We're sure that after reading it you'll give cuckoo clocks more respect."
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 315 | Votes: 20 | Score: 7.70
Size: 12KB | 2,445 words | Posted:

3 The Crystal Crypt

Stark terror ruled the Inner-Flight ship on that last Mars-Terra run. For the black-clad Leiters were on the prowl. and the grim red planet was not far behind. First published in 1954.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 325 | Votes: 25 | Score: 7.75
Size: 40KB | 7,412 words | Posted:

4 The Defenders

He knew what she was thinking. Once in the very first weeks of the war, before everyone had been evacuated from the surface, they had seen a hospital train discharging the wounded, people who had been showered with sleet. He remembered the way they had looked, the expression on their faces, or as much of their faces as was left. It had not been a pleasant sight. There had been a lot of that at first, in the early days before the transfer to undersurface was complete.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 550 | Votes: 32 | Score: 7.93
Size: 47KB | 8,686 words | Posted:

5 The Eyes Have It

It was quite by accident I discovered this incredible invasion of Earth by lifeforms from another planet. As yet, I haven't done anything about it; I can't think of anything to do. I wrote to the Government, and they sent back a pamphlet on the repair and maintenance of frame houses. Anyhow, the whole thing is known; I'm not the first to discover it. Maybe it's even under control.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 658 | Votes: 38 | Score: 7.00
Size: 5KB | 1,084 words | Posted:

6 The Gun

The plot of The Gun centers around a group of space explorers who investigate a planet which appears deserted. However, they are shot down and crash land on the planet. While repairing their ship, a team of explorers sets to survey the surrounding area, where they discover the ruins of an ancient city. The Captain peered into the eyepiece of the telescope.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1019 | Votes: 68 | Score: 7.43
Size: 26KB | 4,901 words | Posted:

7 The Hanging Stranger

At five o'clock Ed Loyce washed up, tossed on his hat and coat, got his car out and headed across town toward his TV sales store. He was tired. His back and shoulders ached from digging dirt out of the basement and wheeling it into the back yard. But for a forty-year-old man he had done okay. Janet could get a new vase with the money he had saved; and he liked the idea of repairing the foundations himself.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 590 | Votes: 39 | Score: 7.20
Size: 28KB | 5,316 words | Posted:

8 Mr. Spaceship

A human brain-controlled spacecraft would mean mechanical perfection. This was accomplished, and something unforeseen: a strange entity called Mr. Spaceship
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Space, Mystery
Downloads: 1428 | Votes: 107 | Score: 8.12
Size: 57KB | 10,832 words | Posted:

9 Piper in the Woods

"Well, Corporal Westerburg," Doctor Henry Harris said gently, "just why do you think you're a plant?" As he spoke, Harris glanced down again at the card on his desk. It was from the Base Commander himself, made out in Cox's heavy scrawl: Doc, this is the lad I told you about. Talk to him and try to find out how he got this delusion. He's from the new Garrison, the new check-station on Asteroid Y-3, and we don't want anything to go wrong there. Especially a silly damn thing like this!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 441 | Votes: 31 | Score: 7.10
Size: 39KB | 7,416 words | Posted:

10 Second Variety

A nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the West has reduced much of the world to a barren wasteland. The war continues however among the scattered remains of humanity. The Western forces have recently developed "claws", which are autonomous self-replicating robots to fight on their side.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Post Apocalyptic, Futuristic, Robots, Drama, Violence, War
Downloads: 884 | Votes: 61 | Score: 7.63
Size: 84KB | 15,570 words | Posted:
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