I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

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Doubleday, 1985 - Fiction - 179 pages
"The late Philip K Dick was a master of science fiction, winner of such prestigious prizes as the Hugo Award and the John W. Campbell Award. His startlingly original imagination has entertained readers for over thirty years and has influenced a generation of science fiction and fantasy writers. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon marks an event in science fiction publishing, bringing together ten previously uncollected stories and a major essay that has never before been published. Here are fantastic voyages into inner space and outer space, dazzling explorations of alien minds, alien cultures, and alien invasions. From a space-ship that soars beyond the imagination to a space traveler who cheats death, from a shoe with a mind of its own to a gumball machine that is in reality a doomsday machine, these are remarkable stories of magic, mystery and wonder. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon is Philip K. Dick at his most marvelous and inventive. It draws us into dreamlike realities that defy experience and excite the spirit of adventure in us all."--Jacket.

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Contents

How to Build a Universe That Doesnt
1
The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford
24
The Exit Door Leads In
107
Copyright

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About the author (1985)

Phillip Kindred Dick was an American science fiction writer best known for his psychological portrayals of characters trapped in illusory environments. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 16, 1928, Dick worked in radio and studied briefly at the University of California at Berkeley before embarking on his writing career. His first novel, Solar Lottery, was published in 1955. In 1963, Dick won the Hugo Award for his novel, The Man in the High Castle. He also wrote a series of futuristic tales about artificial creatures on the loose; notable of these was Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which was later adapted into film as Blade Runner. Dick also published several collections of short stories. He died of a stroke in Santa Ana, California, in 1982.

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