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Second Variety (1989 Collection)
''Second Variety'' is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, Gollancz in 1989 and reprints Volume II of ''The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick''. It had not previously been published as a stand-alone volume. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines ''Fantasy Fiction'', ''Fantastic Universe'', ''Space Science Fiction'', ''Imagination (magazine), Imagination'', ''if (magazine), If'', ''Amazing Stories'', ''Science Fiction Quarterly'', ''Startling Stories'', ''Cosmos'', ''Orbit'', ''Astounding'' and ''Planet Stories''. The 1990 Citadel collection ''We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (collection), We Can Remember It for You Wholesale'' is identical except that it has "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" instead of "Second Variety". Contents * Introduction, by Norman Spinrad * "The Cookie Lady (short story), The Cookie Lady" * "Beyond the Door (short story), Beyond the Doo ...
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Philip K
Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularized the name include List of kings of Macedonia, kings of Macedonia and one of the apostles of early Christianity. ''Philip'' has #Philip in other languages, many alternative spellings. One derivation often used as a surname is Phillips (surname), Phillips. The original Greek spelling includes two Ps as seen in Philippides (other), Philippides and Philippos, which is possible due to the Greek endings following the two Ps. To end a word with such a double consonant—in Greek or in English—would, however, be incorrect. It has many diminutive (or even hypocorism, hypocoristic) forms including Phil, Philly (other)#People, Philly, Phillie, Lip (other), Lip, and Pip (other), Pip. There ...
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Second Variety
"Second Variety" is a science fiction Novella#Versus novelette, novelette by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in ''Space Science Fiction'' magazine, in May 1953, with illustrations by Alex Ebel. Set in a world where a war between the Soviet Union and the United Nations has reduced most of the world to a barren wasteland, the story concerns the discovery, by the few remaining soldiers left, that self-replicating robots originally built to assassinate Soviet agents have gained sentience and are now plotting against both sides. It is one of many stories by Dick examining the implications of nuclear war, particularly after it has destroyed much or all of the planet. The story was adapted into the film ''Screamers (1995 film), Screamers'' in 1995. The short story "Jon's World", written in 1954, serves as a sequel. Plot "Second Variety" occurs in the aftermath of an extensive nuclear war between the Soviet Union (sometimes referred to as Russia) and the United Nations ...
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The Hood Maker
"The Hood Maker" is a short story by Philip K. Dick, originally published in the June 1955 issue of the magazine ''Imagination''. It was adapted by Matthew Graham into an episode for the 2017 TV series, ''Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams''. Plot The Free Union, a repressive regime, uses people with telepathic powers called "teeps" to root out and eliminate its political opponents. Walter Franklin, a government appointee, is caught up in a struggle between the teeps and ordinary humans when he receives a hood which blocks his thoughts from being read. He is accused of subversion, called "deviation" by a teep named Ernest Abbud and forced to flee. When he meets the titular "hood maker", James Cutter, he learns a secret that could put an end to the teeps' plans to seize power. TV adaptation The story was loosely adapted by Matthew Graham for ''Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams'', which aired on September 18, 2017 on Channel4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public br ...
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A Present For Pat
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ...
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Breakfast At Twilight
"Breakfast at Twilight" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was received by the Scott Meredith Literary Agency on January 17, 1953 and first published in ''Amazing Stories'', July 1954. It appears in the second volume reprint of Philip K. Dick's short stories '' Second Variety''. Plot After experiencing a terrifying explosion, a middle-class American family finds their home in the middle of a wasteland. American soldiers burst in looking for survivors and supplies, under the family's amazed and frightened eyes. The soldiers are just as surprised, finding the home filled with items that are no longer available, and carrying away their food, along with various other unconstitutional acts. The soldiers explain that their home is one of the few to survive the ongoing nuclear war Nuclear warfare, also known as atomic warfare, is a War, military conflict or prepared Policy, political strategy that deploys nuclear weaponry. Nuclear weapons are W ...
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The Trouble With Bubbles
"The Trouble With Bubbles" is a 1953 science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. The story first appeared in '' If'' magazine, September 1953, and was first printed in book form in ''Second Variety'', volume two of the five-volume '' The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick'', in 1987. Plot summary The story is set in a future where mankind has attempted to reach other intelligent lifeforms through space exploration, and found nothing. In light of this yearning to connect with other lifeforms, people can buy a plastic bubble known as a ''Worldcraft'', the tagline of which reads "Own Your Own World!". The owner of the ''Worldcraft'' is able to create a whole universe, controlling all the variables inherent to its development. Within the universe, lifeforms just like humans exist. In the story we see Nathan Hull, the protagonist, attending a contest to judge who has created the best ''Worldcraft'' universe. A contestant subsequently smashes and destroys her bubbl ...
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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all of Earth's water is contained in its global ocean, covering 70.8% of Earth's crust. The remaining 29.2% of Earth's crust is land, most of which is located in the form of continental landmasses within Earth's land hemisphere. Most of Earth's land is at least somewhat humid and covered by vegetation, while large sheets of ice at Earth's polar deserts retain more water than Earth's groundwater, lakes, rivers, and atmospheric water combined. Earth's crust consists of slowly moving tectonic plates, which interact to produce mountain ranges, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Earth has a liquid outer core that generates a magnetosphere capable of deflecting most of the destructive solar winds and cosmic radiation. Earth has a dynamic atmosphere, which sustains Earth's ...
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