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Volume III: Upon the Dull Earth Audiobook (Free)

Summary:

Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) was among the seminal statistics of 20th century technology fiction. His many tales and novels, such as such classics as THE PERSON in the Large Castle and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, reflect a deeply personal worldview, exploring the delicate, multifarious character of fact itself and examining those elements that produce us-or neglect to make us-fully human being. He did just as much as anyone to demolish the artificial barrier between genre fiction and literature, as well as the about Volume III: Upon the Dull Earth best of his function has earned a permanent put in place American popular culture.Upon the Dull Earth may be the third installment of the uniform, five-volume edition of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick. This nice collection includes 22 stories and novellas created in 1953 and 1954, along with extensive-and valuable-story records. Included listed below are a number of real PKD classics, among them the title story, the brilliantly conceived account of the bizarre, ultimately catastrophic resurrection, ‘The Father-Thing,’ when a young boy comes to realize that his once familiar dad has somehow transformed, as well as the Golden Guy (filmed in 2007 as Following), which tells the tale of a golden skinned mutant who may signify the future path of the human race. These and the rest of the stories within this essential and necessary audiobook offer a wide variety of literary and intellectual pleasures. At the same time, they provide a fascinating glimpse in to the continuing development of the iconic-and greatly influential-figure.