PHILIP K. DICK'S ELECTRIC DREAMS Volume 1

Though perhaps most famous as a novelist, Philip K. Dick wrote more than one hundred short stories over the course of his career, each as mind-bending and genre-defining as his longer works. Here are ten of the best. In “Autofac,” Dick shows us one of the earliest examples (and warnings) in science fiction of self-replicating machines. “Exhibit Piece” and “The Commuter” feature Dick exploring one of his favorite themes: the shifting nature of reality and whether it is even possible to perceive the world as it truly exists. And “The Hanging Stranger” provides a thrilling, dark political allegory as relevant today as it was when Dick wrote it at the height of the Cold War. Strange, funny, and powerful, the stories in this collection highlight a master at work, encapsulating his boundless imagination and deep understanding of the human condition. From the writer who inspired the  films and mini-series Bladerunner, Total Recall, The Man in the High Castle, Minority Report and A Scanner Darkly. Each story has a special new introduction written by the writers who adapted the tale into a screenplay for the television series. These include Ronald D. Moore, Matthew Graham, Jessica Mecklenburg, Tony Grisoni and Jack Thomas.