From the iconic author ofDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, stories that inspired the original dramatic series.Though perhaps most famous as a novelist, Philip K. Dick wrote more than one hundred short stories over the course of his career, each as mind-bending and genre-defining as his longer works.Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreamscollects ten of the best. In ';Autofac,' Dick shows us one of the earliest examples (and warnings) in science fiction of self-replicating machines. ';Exhibit Piece' and ';The Commuter' feature Dick exploring one of his favorite themes: the shifting nature of reality and whether it is even possible to perceive the world as it truly exists. And ';The Hanging Stranger' provides a thrilling, dark political allegory as relevant today as it was when Dick wrote it at the height of the Cold War. Strange, funny, and powerful, the stories in this collection highlight a master at work, encapsulating his boundless imagination and deep understanding of the human condition.Praise for Philip K. Dick';In his top form, Philip K. Dick rivals Kurt Vonnegut.'New York Times';Dick is one of the ten best American writers of the twentieth century, which is saying a lot. Dick was a kind of Kafka steeped in LSD and rage.'Roberto Bolao
