Philip K Dick
7) Total Recall
The inspiration for the film Total Recall, starring Colin Farrell and Kate Beckinsale, and directed by Len Wiseman. This ebook-only edition of Philip K. Dick's classic short story tells the story of Douglas Quail, an unfulfilled bureaucrat who dreams of visiting Mars, but can't afford the trip. Luckily, there is Rekal Incorporated, a company that lets everyday stiffs believe they've been on incredible adventures. The only problem is that when technicians
...Viewed by many as the greatest science fiction writer on any planet, Philip K. Dick has written some of the most intriguing, original and thought-provoking fiction of our time. This collection includes stories that will make you lough, cringe...and stop and think.
10) Blade Runner: Based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Blade Runner Series, Book 1
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 build incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds,...
11) Paycheck
Tieing in to the major motion picture of the same name starring Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman and opening on Christmas Day 2003, an unabridged edition of the short story Paycheck, penned by one of the greatest names in science fiction
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. Payment for his services, now completed, is a bag of
...Time has begun moving backward. People greet each other with "goodbye," blow smoke into cigarettes, and rise from the dead. When one of those rising...
14) Minority report
"The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity," by Fritz Leiber
"Time Bum," by C.M. Kornbluth
"The Human Equations," by Dave Creek
"The Gun," by Philip K. Dick
"Not Stupid Enough," by George H. Scithers
"Jackpot," by E.C. Tubb
Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus short-short):
UNKNOWN THINGS, by Reginald Bretnor
CAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, by Samuel R. Delany
EXPEDITER, by Mack Reynolds
ONE-SHOT, by James Blish
SHIPWRECK IN THE SKY, by Eando Binder
ZEN, by Jerome Bixby
LANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE, by Nelson Bond
SENTIMENT, INC., by
...The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack presents 25 more mind-bending excursions through time and space, with great stories by such authors as Arthur C. Clarke, Nancy Kress, Lawrence Watt-Evans, George Zebrowski, Philip K. Dick, and many more! Included are:
OUT OF ALL THEM BRIGHT STARS, by Nancy Kress
THE HANGING STRANGER, by Philip K. Dick
WALKING JOHN AND BIRD, by Neal Asher
THE SYMPHONIC ABDUCTION, by Hannes Bok
THE NINE BILLION
...A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new.
This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus "with minds and wisdoms"—humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the
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