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We Can Remember It for You Wholesale

Philip K. Dick

First published April 1966
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

An agency which sells false memories to people seeking interesting memories is hired to provide a tale of an adventure on Mars to a working class customer, only to uncover his buried memories of such an event in reality.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1967 Nebula Award Short Story Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (94)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1966 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1966 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 4
1967 World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 Ace Books Anthology 9
1967 Nebula Award Stories 1967 Gollancz Anthology
April 1967 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Sixteenth Series Doubleday Anthology 137
September 1967 Nebula Award Stories Two Doubleday Anthology 181
1968 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Sixteenth Series Gollancz Anthology 130
September 1968 Nebula Award Stories Number Two Pocket Books Anthology 181
1969 The Preserving Machine Ace Books Collection 134
April 1969 Nebula Award Stories Number Two Pocket Books Anthology 181
November 1969 Nebula Award Stories Two Doubleday / SFBC Anthology
December 1969 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Sixteenth Series Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 137
December 1969 Nebula Award Stories Number Two Pocket Books Anthology 181
December 1969 Nebula Award Stories Number Two Pocket Books Anthology 181
1970 World's Best Science Fiction: Third Series Ace Books Anthology 9
1970 Nebula Award Stories 2 Panther Anthology 184
January 1970 The Preserving Machine Ace Books / SFBC Collection 129
June 1970 Twenty Years of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction G. P. Putnam's Sons Anthology
December 1970 Twenty Years of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Berkley Medallion Anthology 239
December 1970 Twenty Years of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Berkley Medallion Anthology 239
1971 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 16th Series Ace Books Anthology 126
February 1971 The Preserving Machine and Other Stories Gollancz Collection 129
February 1972 The Preserving Machine and Other Stories The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection
November 1972 The Preserving Machine and Other Stories Pan Books Collection 146
August 1974 Alpha 5 Ballantine Books Anthology 122
August 1974 Alpha 5 Ballantine Books Anthology 122
September 1974 Alpha 5 Ballantine Books Anthology 122
1975 Reflections of the Future Ginn and Company Anthology 222
November 1976 Earth in Transit: Science Fiction and Contemporary Problems Dell Laurel-Leaf Anthology 191
November 1976 The Preserving Machine Ace Books Collection 153
1977 The Preserving Machine and Other Stories Pan Books Collection 146
October 1979 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1979 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 248
December 1979 From Heinlein to Here Mentor / New American Library Anthology 407
April 1980 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30 Year Retrospective Doubleday Anthology 245
April 1980 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30 Year Retrospective Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 245
May 1987 The Little Black Box Underwood-Miller Collection 157
May 1987 The Little Black Box Underwood-Miller Collection 157
October 1987 The Preserving Machine Grafton Collection 173
July 1990 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Dark Carnival Press Chapbook
September 1990 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Citadel Twilight Collection 35
October 1990 The Little Black Box Gollancz Collection 157
November 1991 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Grafton Collection 205
April 1992 Reel Terror Xanadu Anthology 82
June 1992 Reel Terror Carroll & Graf Anthology 82
1994 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Harper Collins Collection 205
August 1994 Reel Future Barnes & Noble Books / SFBC Anthology 377
August 1994 The SF Collection Chancellor Press Anthology 321
September 1994 Reel Future Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 377
1995 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Citadel Twilight Collection 35
July 1996 From Heinlein to Here Borealis / White Wolf Publishing Anthology 342
February 1997 The Philip K. Dick Reader Citadel Twilight Collection 305
September 1998 The Reel Stuff DAW Books Anthology 124
May 2000 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Millennium / Orion Collection 157
July 2000 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 880
September 2001 Nebula Award Stories 2 Stealth Press Anthology
March 2002 From Heinlein to Here Scarecrow Press Anthology 367
April 2002 Rosebud #23, 2002 Rosebud, Inc. MAGAZINE 30
July 2002 Minority Report Gollancz / Orion Collection 267
July 2002 Minority Report Gollancz Collection
September 2002 The Ultimate Cyberpunk ibooks Anthology 46
November 2002 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Pantheon Books Collection 328
November 2002 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Pantheon Books / SFBC Collection 328
December 2002 Minority Report Gollancz Collection
2003 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 880
March 2004 Cyberfilms ibooks Anthology 111
May 2004 The Ultimate Cyberpunk ibooks Anthology 46
2005 Minority Report Orion Collection 267
March 2005 Minority Report Orion Collection
April 2005 Fourth Planet from the Sun: Tales of Mars from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Thunder's Mouth Press Anthology 101
April 2005 Fourth Planet from the Sun: Tales of Mars from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Thunder's Mouth Press / SFBC Anthology 101
March 2007 Human Is? Gollancz Collection 354
June 2008 The Reel Stuff DAW Books Anthology 113
September 2008 Human Is? Gollancz / Orion Collection |354
January 2009 Science Fiction Stories Palgrave Macmillan Collection
April 2010 Minority Report Gollancz / Orion Collection
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 385
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 385
June 2012 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale and Other Classic Stories Citadel Press Collection 35
June 2012 Zoetrope: All Story, Summer 2012 AZX Publications MAGAZINE 66
August 2012 Total Recall Gollancz / Orion Collection 157
April 2013 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collection 325
April 2013 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collection
October 2014 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Subterranean Press Collection 193
October 2014 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Subterranean Press Collection 193
December 2014 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Gateway / Orion Collection |157
December 2015 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Brilliance Audio Collection |193
January 2016 The Philip K. Dick Reader Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing Collection 305
February 2017 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale and Other Classic Stories Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing Collection
January 2022 The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Collection |109
July 2022 Alpha 5 ReAnimus Press Anthology |122
September 2023 The Big Book of Cyberpunk Vintage Books Anthology 729
September 2023 The Big Book of Cyberpunk Vintage Books Anthology |729
October 2023 The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume Four Gollancz / Orion Collection |140
October 2023 The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume Four Gollancz / Orion Collection 310
May 2024 The Big Book of Cyberpunk Volume Two Vintage (UK) Anthology 331