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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New Ed edition (12 Aug 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857988817
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857988819
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 149,650 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The 23 stories here were written 1953-4 and show one of science fiction's finest writers in prolific mastery of his craft. While Dick's deep concerns with perception, reality and the nature of humanity frequently recur he rarely fails to bring a fresh idea, a new perspective, a different twist to these very varied stories. Humour is never far away, reflecting his compassion for ordinary people battling often bizarre cosmic conundrums. "Kids understand: they are wiser than adults--" Dick wrote of the title story in which eight-year-old Charles discovers that his father is something else.

Several of these stories are notably longer than his previous work, for Dick was developing his story-telling to the point where he would soon write his first novel, Solar Lottery. The writing is increasingly sophisticated: "Upon the Dull Earth" glitters with dark poetry, a chilling fantasy about a woman who summon angels and changes the world. It is a prelude to The Twilight Zone and the dreamscapes of Clive Barker and a revelation for anyone who thinks of Dick purely as an SF writer.

"The Golden Man", a compelling thriller about a mutant on the run, caused controversy on original publication, the implication that evolution will leave us behind provoking genuine anger. Clearly Dick was forging his own path, the antithesis of the bright shining SF of the American dream. The title of one story, "A World of Talent", is an apt description of the brilliance Dick poured into these amazing stories. --Gary S. Dalkin



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THE FATHER THING contains the stories written in 1956, just before the publication of Dick's first novel, SOLAR LOTTERY. The stories are a mix of the previously uncollected and some of his most famous pieces such as 'Foster, You're Dead' a powerful extrapolation of nuclear war hysteria, and 'The Golden Man', a very different story about a super-evolved mutant human.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly outstanding, 22 Sep 2004
By Mrs. A. J. Shingler (Stoke, Staffs) - See all my reviews
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OK, not every single story is a brilliant satire on the state of the world, nor is every single story innovative or entirely original. BUT, even when Dick doesn't quite get it, he is usually entertaining, sometimes amusing and always completely paranoid! Buy it, read it and enjoy it. You will not be disappointed. For anyone who is looking for an entry point into the genre, this book comes VERY highly recommended.

Certainly one of the best of the Dick's collections of short stories.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing & thought provoking, 18 Jan 2000
By Animallover "Animallover" (Nottingham, UK) - See all my reviews
  
Phillip K Dick's outlook on humanity is usually pessimistic and claustrophobic but not without hope, at least the hope that none of these things will actually happen. These short stories are so finely crafted and landscaped that the reader starts feeling the unease, paranoia and ennui of the charachters from the first page. The short story is the ideal instrument for his trade as he has so many ideas to express. I'm here at amazon looking for the other books in this fantastic collection.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 4 Jan 2006
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Another amazing collection of short stories by one of the best in the business. Full of twists, humour and tension.
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I read this while i was at school. I had already read the previous 2 collections of short stories in the collection: starting with @beyond lies the Wub'. Read more
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