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Beyond the Door

Kyle Pollard — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 17:55:22 +0000

by Philip K Dick "Larry Thomas buys a cuckoo clock for his wife Doris, just like her mother had. He makes clear that he bought it wholesale and otherwise ruins the moment. Doris talks to the cuckoo and becomes convinced that the cuckoo likes her but does not like Larry. Larry is being cuckolded by antique-enthusiast [...]

Crystal Crypt

Kyle Pollard — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:19:01 +0000

By Philip K. Dick "The story is set in the distant future where Earth and Mars are on the verge of war. The last spaceship to leave Mars headed for Earth is stopped and searched by Martian soldiers, who are looking for three saboteurs who destroyed a Martian city. They are not found, and the [...]

Mr Spaceship

Kyle Pollard — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 01:08:56 +0000

“The story is set in the distant future, where humanity is at war with “Yuks”, an alien life form which doesn’t use mechanical spaceships nor constructions. Instead, it relies on life forms. The war has been going on for a long time, and humanity hasn’t been able to come up with a solution against the life-form based ships and mines that the Yuks use. One day, a team of researchers led by Philip Kramer decide to build a spaceship which is powered by a human brain. They find the ideal candidate, Kramer’s old professor, a dying man who volunteers to donate his brain to the project.” ~ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Variable Man

Kyle Pollard — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 00:37:51 +0000

Eary novella by Philip K Dick before he was represented by an agent. In The Variable Man, the Centaurian Empire has Terra locked into their current solar system and will not allow expansion. The two sides continually develop weapons to use against each other, but they are not used since the two sides calculate that [...]

Hanging Stranger

Kyle Pollard — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 00:36:52 +0000

by Philip K Dick The Hanging Stranger is an early work by Philip K Dick. The plot revolves around a man named Loyce who finds a dead stranger that was hung from a lamp post with a noose around his neck. Finding this dead man forces Loyce to think differently about the town he lives [...]

Second Variety

Kyle Pollard — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 00:24:35 +0000

by Philip K. Dick In this apocalyptic story, the West and the Soviet Union have laid to waste the world through nuclear conflict. Fighting continues in isolated pockets of humanity determined to fight to the bitter end. The west deploys robots that can clone themselves to continue the fight. The claw robots consist of spinning metal [...]