The Best of Philip K. Dick

Cover of the first edition.
Author	Philip K. Dick
Cover artist	Vincent Di Fate
Language	English
Series	Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Del Rey Books
Publication date	1977
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	xiv, 450
ISBN	0-345-25359-0
OCLC	2645491
Dewey Decimal	813/.5/4
LC Class	PS3554.I3 B4
Preceded by	The Best of C. M. Kornbluth
Followed by	The Best of Fredric Brown

The Best of Philip K. Dick is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Del Rey Books in 1977 as a volume in its Classic Library of Science Fiction. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines Planet Stories , Fantasy and Science Fiction , Space Science Fiction , Imagination , Astounding Stories , Galaxy Science Fiction , Amazing Stories , Science Fiction Stories and Startling Stories , as well as the anthologies Dangerous Visions and Star Science Fiction Stories No.3 .

Contents

• Summary
• Contents
• References

Summary

The book contains nineteen short works of fiction and an afterword by the author, together with an introduction by John Brunner.

Contents

• "Introduction: The Reality of Philip K. Dick" (John Brunner)
• "Beyond Lies the Wub"
• "Roog"
• "Second Variety"
• "Paycheck"
• "Impostor"
• "Colony"
• "Expendable"
• "The Days of Perky Pat"
• "Breakfast at Twilight"
• "Foster, You're Dead!"
• "The Father-Thing"
• "Service Call"
• "Autofac"
• "Human Is"
• "If There Were No Benny Cemoli"
• "Oh, to Be a Blobel!"
• "Faith of Our Fathers"
• "The Electric Ant"
• "A Little Something for Us Tempunauts"
• "Afterthoughts by the Author"

References

• "Internet Speculative Fiction Database" . Retrieved January 10, 2008.
• Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Archived from the original on January 7, 2008. Retrieved January 10, 2008.
• Williams, Paul. "PhilipKDick.com" . Retrieved November 11, 2010.