Synopsis
A man becomes uncomfortably aware of the animal world around him, and can even hear some insects when they communicate.
Notes
Submitted to F & SF as He Who Waits but renamed by Boucher for publication. Uses one of the leitmotifs of The Cosmic Puppets but ends on a wholely different note.
External Links
Publications (42)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1953 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1953 | Fantasy House, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 99 |
| January 1954 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1954 | Mellifont Press Ltd. | MAGAZINE | 55 |
| 1955 | A Handful of Darkness | Rich & Cowan | Collection | |
| 1955 | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, No. 4 | Consolidated Press Ltd | MAGAZINE | 90 |
| 1959 | Science Fiction Showcase | Doubleday | Anthology | 227 |
| September 1959 | Science Fiction Showcase | Doubleday | Anthology | 227 |
| April 1960 | Science Fiction Showcase | Doubleday / SFBC | Anthology | 227 |
| 1966 | A Handful of Darkness | Panther | Collection | 40 |
| 1966 | Science Fiction Showcase | Whiting & Wheaton | Anthology | 227 |
| 1968 | Science Fiction Showcase | Mayflower | Anthology | 175 |
| 1969 | Science Fiction Showcase | Curtis Books | Anthology | 103 |
| March 1977 | The Best of Philip K. Dick | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 149 |
| March 1978 | The Best of Philip K. Dick | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 149 |
| June 1978 | A Handful of Darkness | Gregg Press | Collection | 44 |
| January 1980 | A Handful of Darkness | Panther / Granada | Collection | 40 |
| May 1987 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 157 |
| May 1987 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 157 |
| May 1988 | The Monster Book of Monsters | Xanadu | Anthology | 136 |
| August 1988 | The Monster Book of Monsters | Bonanza Books | Anthology | 136 |
| November 1988 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Gollancz | Collection | 157 |
| November 1988 | A Handful of Darkness | Grafton Books | Collection | 49 |
| April 1990 | The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford | Citadel Twilight | Collection | 157 |
| May 1990 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Grafton | Collection | 207 |
| May 1990 | Rivals of Weird Tales | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | Anthology | 470 |
| 1993 | Beyond Lies the Wub | HarperCollins Science Fiction & Fantasy / HarperCollinsPublishers | Collection | 207 |
| August 1999 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Millennium / Victor Gollancz | Collection | 157 |
| October 1999 | Bangs and Whimpers: Stories About the End of the World | Roxbury Park / Lowell House | Anthology | 115 |
| June 2000 | Aliens Among Us | Ace Books | Anthology | 55 |
| July 2000 | Bangs and Whimpers: Stories About the End of the World | Roxbury Park / SFBC | Anthology | 115 |
| July 2002 | The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford | Citadel Press | Collection | 157 |
| September 2003 | Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing | Collection | 157 |
| January 2011 | The King of the Elves | Subterranean Press | Collection | 193 |
| January 2011 | The King of the Elves | Subterranean Press | Collection | 193 |
| August 2014 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |157 |
| October 2014 | Aliens Among Us | Baen Books | Anthology | |
| September 2015 | An Anthropomorphic Century: Stories from 1909 to 2008 | FurPlanet Productions | Anthology | 69 |
| December 2015 | The King of the Elves | Brilliance Audio | Collection | |193 |
| December 2015 | The King of the Elves | Brilliance Audio | Collection | |193 |
| July 2016 | Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing | Collection | |
| January 2022 | The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick | Collection | |13 | |
| September 2023 | The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume One | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 197 |
| September 2023 | The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume One | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |157 |