''The Eye of the Sibyl'' is a collection of
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...
stories by American writer
Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Citadel Twilight in 1992 and reprints Volume V of ''
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick
''The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick'' is a collection of 118 science fiction stories by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Underwood-Miller in 1987 as a five volume set. See Philip K. Dick bibliography for informatio ...
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We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
"We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' in April 1966. It features a melding of reality, false memory, and real m ...
". Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines ''Worlds of Tomorrow'', ''
Galaxy Science Fiction
''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Edit ...
'', ''
Amazing Stories
''Amazing Stories'' is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Science fiction stories had made regular appearances ...
'', ''
Fantasy and Science Fiction
''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher ...
'', ''Famous Science Fiction'', ''
Niekas'', ''Rolling Stone College Papers'', ''
Interzone'', ''
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's Lifestyle magazine, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from H ...
'', ''
Omni'' and ''The Yuba City High Times''.
Contents
* Introduction, by
Thomas M. Disch
Thomas Michael Disch (February 2, 1940 – July 4, 2008) was an American science fiction author and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book – previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book" – in 1999, and he had two other Hugo nominatio ...
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The Little Black Box"
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The War with the Fnools"
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Precious Artifact
Precious may refer to:
Music
* Precious (group), a British female pop group
Albums
* ''Precious'' (Chanté Moore album), 1992
* ''Precious'' (Cubic U album), 1998
* ''Precious'' (Ours album), 2002
* ''Precious'' (Precious album), 2000
* ...
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Retreat Syndrome "Retreat Syndrome" is a 1965 short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. The story contains some common Dick themes such as a questionable reality and drug use. It was first published in ''Worlds of Tomorrow Science Fiction'' and was later repri ...
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A Terran Odyssey"
* "Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday"
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Holy Quarrel"
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A Game of Unchance"
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Not By Its Cover"
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Return Match"
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Faith of Our Fathers"
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The Story to End All Stories for Harlan Ellison’s Anthology Dangerous Visions"
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The Electric Ant
"The Electric Ant" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published in '' Fantasy and Science Fiction'' magazine in October 1969.
Plot summary
Garson Poole wakes up after a flying-car-crash to find that he ...
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* "Cadbury, the Beaver Who Lacked"
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A Little Something for Us Tempunauts"
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The Pre-persons"
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The Eye of the Sibyl"
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The Day Mr. Computer Fell out of its Tree"
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The Exit Door Leads In
"The Exit Door Leads In" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. First published in 1979.
"The Exit Door Leads In" was written for ''Rolling Stone College Papers'', a short-lived publication. It is one of Dick's few sto ...
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Chains of Air, Web of Aether"
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Strange Memories of Death"
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I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
"I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon" is a short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. The short story was first published in ''Playboy'' in December 1980, under the title "Frozen Journey".
Plot summary
In the story, a man (Victor Kemmings) regains ...
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Rautavaara's Case
"Rautavaara's Case" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published in 1980 in '' Omni'' magazine and subsequently in the 1985 short story collection '' I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon''. The story was also in ...
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The Alien Mind
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* Notes
References
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1992 short story collections
Short story collections by Philip K. Dick