Ubik
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Valis es una historia de detectives en que Amacaballo Fat es el loco héroe que busca desesperadamente a Dios, y Dios un ser desaparecido y responsable del crimen definitivo. Esta deslumbrante narración trata de teología, de comunicaciones extraterrestres y de las conspiraciones que amenazan a la humanidad en un mundo en que la realidad se revela a través de un rayo láser de color rosa.
Premio Hugo 1963 "Los caracteres de El hombre en el castillo no son sólo productos de la imaginación sino también manifestaciones de un sistema de fuerza en el que el I Ching obra como un nexo análogo a un polo magnético ... La mejor novela hasta la fecha del escritor de c-f más consistentemente brillante. Ante todo por la verosimilitud con que Dick ha elaborado una ingeniosa estructura básica (unos Estados Unidos derrotados en la segunda guerra mundial y que han sido divididos en tres partes: las costas del Atlántico y del Pacifico respectivamente ocupadas por alemanes y japoneses, y una zona tapón entre dos esferas de influencia); luego por la absoluta originalidad de la presunción básica--los alemanes ganaron la segunda guerra--aunque el Libro de los Cambios informa sin embargo que esta amarga derrota no ha ocurrido en el mundo real... " JOHN BRUNNER
This Library of America volume features four captivating novels by Philip K. Dick: "The Man in the High Castle," "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch," "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?," and "Ubik." Each work showcases Dick's unique and imaginative storytelling.
The final piece of work from one of the world's most visionary authors
This Halcyon Classics collection contains eleven short stories and novellas by acclaimed science fiction author Philip K. Dick. Dick (1928-1982) is best known for his novel DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? This novel was adapted for the big screen as BLADERUNNER.
This Book "The Gun" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
The fifth and final part of the complete collected stories shows Philip K. Dick at the very height of his outstanding powers. The twenty-five tales were written between 1963 and 1981, just a few months before he died, and include two stories which have been turned into box office smashes: the title story, filmed as Total Recall, and "The Little Black Box", which grew into his masterpiece Blade Runner.
The third volume in a series of five collections of short stories from one of the most original thinkers in the genre.
This second volume of collected work comprises 27 short stories, such as "Imposter", where a man is accused of being an alien spy and finds his whole identity called into question. By the author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"