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We Can Build You

Philip K. Dick

First published 1972
Publisher DAW Books
Format Paperback
Type Novel
Catalog ID UQ1014
Cover art John Schoenherr
Pages 206
Price $0.95
ISBN 0879970146

Serialized as "A. Lincoln, Simulacrum" with a final chapter by Ted White added silently, apparently with the author's consent. Dick removed White's ending for the retitled DAW edition. See page 299 in Lawrence Sutin, "Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick" (1989). The book was finished in 1962, but was rejected by publishers until White (editor of "Amazing Stories"), accepted it for publication.


• First printing only has the © date, later printings have "First printing, July 1972" and a number line. [Currey] • Month is also confirmed from Sheldon Jaffery's Bibliographic Retrospective of DAW Books • Cover art is credited to Schoenherr on the copyright page • DAW Books No. 14 • Printed in the US • ISBN derived from catalog ID

Year Reviewer Publication
1972 Annemarie Kindt Holland-SF 1972, #5
1972 Annemarie van Ewijck
1972 David G. Hartwell Locus, #125 October 27, 1972
1973 Theodore Sturgeon Galaxy Magazine, January-February 1973
1973 Franz Rottensteiner Science Fiction Times, #132 August 1973
1977 Philip Stephensen-Payne Paperback Parlour, August 1977
1977 Andrew Darlington Vector 83
1986 Dave Langford White Dwarf, April 1986

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
We Can Build You Cover 1972 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Paperback Novel UQ1014 John Schoenherr 206
We Can Build You Cover 1975 DAW Books Paperback Novel UY1164 Eddie Jones 206
We Can Build You Cover 1975 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Paperback Novel UY1164 Eddie Jones 206
We Can Build You Cover 1977 Fontana Paperback Novel Peter Tybus 208
We Can Build You Cover 1983 DAW Books Paperback Novel UE1793 Bob Pepper 206
We Can Build You Cover 1983 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Paperback Novel UE1793 Bob Pepper 206
We Can Build You Cover 1986 Grafton Paperback Novel Chris Foss 252
We Can Build You Cover 1988 Severn House Hardcover Novel Chris Foss 252
We Can Build You Cover 1994 Vintage Books Trade Paperback Novel Heidi North 246
We Can Build You Cover 1997 Voyager / HarperCollins Trade Paperback Novel Chris Moore 252
We Can Build You Cover 2008 HarperVoyager Trade Paperback Novel Chris Moore 256
We Can Build You Cover 2012 Mariner Books Trade Paperback Novel Christopher Moisan 258
We Can Build You Cover 2012 Brilliance Audio audio CD Novel Christopher Moisan
We Can Build You Cover 2012 Mariner Books eBook Novel Christopher Moisan
We Can Build You Cover 2013 Brilliance Audio digital audio download Novel Christopher Moisan
We Can Build You Cover 2014 Harper Voyager (UK) eBook Novel Chris Moore