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Philip K. Dick

First published November 1955
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

Apparently, there has been a war. The war has ended; everything is produced by huge automated factories. People would like to take the production into their own hands before the factories "use up the natural reserves", so they try to stop the factories.

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Publications (51)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1955 Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1955 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 70
February 1956 Galaxy Science Fiction, No. 35 Strato Publications MAGAZINE 58
1957 The Variable Man and Other Stories Ace Books Collection 182
August 1969 The Variable Man and Other Stories Sphere Books Collection 158
November 1971 The Ruins of Earth G. P. Putnam's Sons Anthology 69
December 1971 The Ruins of Earth G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC Anthology 57
1972 Beyond Control Thomas Nelson Anthology 48
June 1972 The Ruins of Earth Berkley Medallion Anthology 60
February 1973 The Ruins of Earth Hutchinson Anthology 85
February 1973 Beyond Control Thomas Nelson Anthology 48
1974 Science Fact/Fiction Scott, Foresman and Company Anthology 340
February 1974 Beyond Control Dell Laurel-Leaf Anthology 48
April 1975 The Ruins of Earth Arrow Books Anthology 85
May 1976 Beyond Control Dell Laurel-Leaf Anthology 48
October 1976 The Variable Man and Other Stories Ace Books Collection 220
1977 The Variable Man and Other Stories Sphere Collection 158
March 1977 The Best of Philip K. Dick Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 267
March 1978 The Best of Philip K. Dick Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 267
June 1984 Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities: The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick Southern Illinois University Press Collection
February 1986 Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities: The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick Southern Illinois University Press Collection 145
May 1987 The Days of Perky Pat Underwood-Miller Collection 1
May 1987 The Days of Perky Pat Underwood-Miller Collection 1
April 1990 The Days of Perky Pat Gollancz Collection 1
May 1991 The Days of Perky Pat Grafton Collection 11
December 1991 The Minority Report Citadel Twilight Collection 1
1994 The Days of Perky Pat HarperCollins (UK) Collection 11
May 2000 Minority Report Millennium / Orion Collection 1
2001 Minority Report Gollancz / Orion Collection 1
May 2002 The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories Citadel Press Collection 1
November 2002 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Pantheon Books Collection 202
November 2002 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Pantheon Books / SFBC Collection 202
February 2004 Paycheck Gollancz / Orion Collection 174
February 2004 Paycheck Gollancz Collection
October 2004 Paycheck Gollancz Collection 174
November 2008 The Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Vol. 1 Blackstone Audiobooks Collection |1
March 2009 Beyond Control Wildside Press Anthology
April 2010 Paycheck Gollancz / Orion Collection
April 2013 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collection 199
April 2013 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collection
August 2013 The Minority Report Subterranean Press Collection 9
August 2013 The Minority Report Subterranean Press Collection 9
2014 Minority Report Gateway / Orion Collection |1
December 2015 The Minority Report Brilliance Audio Collection |9
April 2016 The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories By Philip K. Dick Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing Collection 1
September 2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams: Volume One Gollancz Collection |183
September 2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams: Volume One Gollancz / Orion Collection 183
November 2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collection 183
November 2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collection |183
January 2022 The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Collection |82
October 2023 The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume Three Gollancz / Orion Collection |1300
October 2023 The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume Three Gollancz / Orion Collection 271