Synopsis
In the hope of finding intelligent life after witnessing a distant bright light, a ship arrives at a planet to discover that its inhabitants had killed one another. While in orbit, the ship is shot down and a team is sent to investigate.
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Publications (46)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1952 | Planet Stories, September 1952 | Love Romances Publishing | MAGAZINE | 46 |
| August 1956 | Science Fiction Monthly (Australia), #12 August 1956 | Atlas Publications | MAGAZINE | 26 |
| May 1987 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 35 |
| May 1987 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 35 |
| November 1988 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Gollancz | Collection | 35 |
| April 1990 | The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford | Citadel Twilight | Collection | 35 |
| May 1990 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Grafton | Collection | 56 |
| 1993 | Beyond Lies the Wub | HarperCollins Science Fiction & Fantasy / HarperCollinsPublishers | Collection | 56 |
| August 1999 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Millennium / Victor Gollancz | Collection | 35 |
| July 2002 | The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford | Citadel Press | Collection | 35 |
| September 2003 | Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing | Collection | 35 |
| June 2009 | The Gun | Project Gutenberg | Chapbook | |
| July 2009 | Short Science Fiction Collection 20 | LibriVox | Anthology | |5 |
| August 2009 | The Variable Man & Other Stories | Prime Books | Collection | 27 |
| March 2010 | Short Science Fiction Collection 33 | LibriVox | Anthology | |8 |
| June 2010 | The Defenders and Others: The Classic Short Fiction of Philip K. Dick | Wildside Press | Collection | 93 |
| June 2010 | Philip K. Dick Resurrected: The Early Works of Philip K. Dick | Resurrected Press | Collection | 13 |
| January 2011 | The King of the Elves | Subterranean Press | Collection | 49 |
| January 2011 | The King of the Elves | Subterranean Press | Collection | 49 |
| November 2011 | Short Science Fiction Collection 44 | LibriVox | Anthology | |8 |
| November 2011 | The Best of Philip K. Dick | Halcyon Press | Collection | |
| February 2012 | The Third Science Fiction Megapack: 26 Modern and Classic Science Fiction Tales | Wildside Press | Anthology | 57 |
| February 2013 | The Best of Philip K. Dick | Echo Point Books & Media | Collection | 157 |
| April 2013 | Anthology of Sci-Fi V2: The Pulp Writers: Philip K. Dick | Spastic Cat Press | Collection | |
| April 2013 | The Philip K. Dick Megapack: 15 Classic Science Fiction Stories | Wildside Press | Collection | 124 |
| May 2013 | The Gun | Read Books | Chapbook | |
| July 2013 | The Early Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick | Dover Publications | Collection | |
| August 2013 | The Early Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick | Dover Publications | Collection | 30 |
| December 2013 | The Gun | HarperPerennial Classics | Chapbook | |
| June 2014 | The Philip K. Dick Short Story Collection | CreateSpace | Collection | |
| June 2014 | The Gun | Running Press | Chapbook | |
| August 2014 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |35 |
| December 2014 | Short Science Fiction Collection 51 | LibriVox | Anthology | |4 |
| February 2015 | Fantastic Stories Present the Philip K. Dick Super Pack | Positronic Publishing | Collection | 97 |
| June 2015 | Fantastic Stories Present the Philip K. Dick Super Pack | Positronic Publishing | Collection | |9 |
| December 2015 | The King of the Elves | Brilliance Audio | Collection | |49 |
| December 2015 | The King of the Elves | Brilliance Audio | Collection | |49 |
| January 2016 | The Gun | Moran Press | Chapbook | |
| July 2016 | Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing | Collection | |
| September 2016 | Fantastic Stories Presents the Planet Stories Super Pack | Positronic Publishing | Anthology | 9 |
| September 2016 | Fantastic Stories Presents the Planet Stories Super Pack | Positronic Publishing | Anthology | |1 |
| 2018 | The Greatest Science Fiction Works of Phiip K. Dick | OK Publishing | Collection | |11 |
| April 2018 | Fantastic Stories Present the Philip K. Dick Super Pack | Positronic Publishing | Collection | 97 |
| January 2022 | The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick | Collection | |6 | |
| September 2023 | The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume One | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 42 |
| September 2023 | The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume One | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |35 |