Philip K. Dick — Stories

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Beyond Lies the Wub
The slovenly wub might well have said: Many men talk like philosophers and live like fools. They had almost finished with the loading. Outs…
Second Variety (1)
This etext was produced from Space Science Fiction May 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on thi…
Second Variety (2)
“Oh.” Hendricks set his lips grimly. A thirteen year old boy, living on rats and gophers and half-rotten canned food. Down in a hole under…
Second Variety (3)
Hendricks shut the transmitter up. “No use. No answer. Radiation pools? Maybe. Or they hear me, but won’t answer. Frankly, that’s what I wo…
Second Variety (4)
“I should be able to find out without going down all the way.” Hendricks locked his gun, gripping it in one hand, the transmitter in the ot…
Second Variety (5)
Tasso came and stood beside him, gazing into the ship. “I’m not accustomed to rocket piloting,” she said, after awhile. Hendricks glanced a…
The Eyes Have It
This etext was produced from Science Fiction Stories 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this…
The Hanging Stranger (1)
Illustrated by Smith Ed had always been a practical man, when he saw something was wrong he tried to correct it. Then one day he saw it han…
The Hanging Stranger (2)
Ed pulled open the desk drawer and spilled the contents out onto the floor. He grabbed up a road map and spread it open. "They'll have the…
The Defenders (1)
No weapon has ever been frightful enough to put a stop to war —perhaps because we never before had any that thought for themselves! Illustr…
The Defenders (2)
He awakened with the public newscaster screeching in his ears, shouting outside the building. "Special news bulletin! Surface forces report…
The Defenders (3)
"It's a certainty that the Soviets have been tricked, too, the same as us. But we have found out. That gives us an edge over them." "I see.…
The Variable Man (1)
BY PHILIP K. DICK ILLUSTRATED BY EBEL He fixed things—clocks, refrigerators, vidsenders and destinies. But he had no business in the future…
The Variable Man (2)
Carleton resumed his report. “Once the Centauran fleet has been scattered we can begin the crucial stage of the war. The landing of men and…
The Variable Man — II (1)
Thomas Cole was sharpening a knife with his whetstone when the tornado hit. The knife belonged to the lady in the big green house. Every ti…
The Variable Man — II (2)
Cole opened his eyes slowly. The cart was gone. A great hole gaped where it had been, a shattered sore in the center of the highway. An ugl…
The Variable Man — III (1)
Eric Reinhart examined the vidsender box carefully, turning it around and around. “Then he did escape from the blast,” Dixon admitted reluc…
The Variable Man — III (2)
“All right. Good.” The man waved. Soldiers clamped metal bands around Cole’s arms and wrists. The metal dug into his flesh, making him gasp…
The Variable Man — IV (1)
Three days later Joseph Dixon slid a closed-circuit message plate across the desk to his boss. “Here. You might be interested in this.” Rei…
The Variable Man — IV (2)
Abruptly Dixon’s vidscreen clicked. Dixon turned toward it. Reinhart’s features formed. “Call off the attack.” His uniform was torn. A deep…
The Variable Man — IV (3)
“What is it?” Reinhart demanded, chilled. He bent toward the machines, studying the reading. And sickened with horror. 100-1. Against Terra…
Piper in the Woods (1)
Earth maintained an important garrison on Asteroid Y-3. Now suddenly it was imperiled with a biological impossibility—men becoming plants!…
Piper in the Woods (2)
They shook hands. Watts smiled down at Harris. He was a huge old man, still regal and straight in his dark blue uniform, with his gold epau…
The Skull (1)
"What is this opportunity?" Conger asked. "Go on. I'm interested." The room was silent; all faces were fixed on Conger—still in the drab pr…
The Skull (2)
Conger sat before the wheel. For a moment he waited, his hands resting lightly on the control. Then he turned the wheel, just a little, fol…
The Skull (3)
He could get away, of course. Anytime he wanted to he could get away. All he had to do was to leap into the crystal cage and turn the handl…
Mr. Spaceship (1)
This etext was produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, January 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that…
Mr. Spaceship (2)
Kramer took a set of the plans from his coat. “Let me look.” He turned the pages over. The Pilot watched carefully over his shoulder. “The…
Mr. Spaceship (3)
“All right. Thanks.” Kramer touched the switch. “When I get back to Terra maybe I’ll stop and see you.” “Let me know how it works out.” He…
beyond the door
Larry Thomas bought a cuckoo clock for his wife—without knowing the price he would have to pay. That night at the dinner table he brought i…
The Gun (1)
Nothing moved or stirred. Everything was silent, dead. Only the gun showed signs of life ... and the trespassers had wrecked that for all t…
The Gun (2)
"Records of some kind." Tance closed the spool up in the drum again. "Look, hundreds of drums." He flashed the light around. "And those cra…
Tony and the Beetles (1)
A Ten-Year-Old Boy Grows up Fast When History Catches up with the Human Race Reddish-yellow sunlight filtered through the thick quartz wind…
Tony and the Beetles (2)
B'prith twisted the stalk up and tossed it away. "Yesterday we played together. We worked on the spaceport. But we can't play today. My fam…
The Crystal Crypt (1)
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 pla…
The Crystal Crypt (2)
Mara and Jan stepped quickly ahead. Erick studied them critically as the three of them walked slowly down the slope, onto the plain, toward…