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Expendable

Philip K. Dick

First published July 1953
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

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.

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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