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An interstellar traveller is tormented to the point of insanity by a shipboard computer programmed to entertain him with incidents from his past... The victim of a space accident is kept alive by aliens in order to examine her religious beliefs... A lonely colonist on a desolate world discovers that his nearest neighbour is dying of cancer — and overcomes his revulsion in order to nurse her... This stunning posthumous collection of stories by the greatest writer ever to work in SF also contains a fascinating essay in which Philip K. Dick meditates on the connections between his life and work. Contents: - Introduction: How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later by Philip K. Dick - The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford (1954) - Explorers We (1959) - Holy Quarrel (1966) - What'll We Do with Ragland Park? (1963) - Strange Memories of Death (1984) - The Alien Mind (1981) - The Exit Door Leads In (1979) - Chains of Air, Web of Aether (1980) - Rautavaara's Case (1980) - I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (1980, variant of Frozen Journey) Front cover illustration by Chriss Foss
Acquisto del libro
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon, Philip K. Dick, Paul Williams, Mark Hurst
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 1986
- Rilegatura
- (In brossura)
Metodi di pagamento
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- Titolo
- I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Philip K. Dick, Paul Williams, Mark Hurst
- Editore
- Grafton
- Pubblicato
- 1986
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 220
- ISBN10
- 0586074155
- ISBN13
- 9780586074152
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Fantasy, Avventura, Fantascienza, Raccolte, antologie, Racconti, Letteratura Americana
- Valutazione
- 3,8 su 5
- Descrizione
- An interstellar traveller is tormented to the point of insanity by a shipboard computer programmed to entertain him with incidents from his past... The victim of a space accident is kept alive by aliens in order to examine her religious beliefs... A lonely colonist on a desolate world discovers that his nearest neighbour is dying of cancer — and overcomes his revulsion in order to nurse her... This stunning posthumous collection of stories by the greatest writer ever to work in SF also contains a fascinating essay in which Philip K. Dick meditates on the connections between his life and work. Contents: - Introduction: How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later by Philip K. Dick - The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford (1954) - Explorers We (1959) - Holy Quarrel (1966) - What'll We Do with Ragland Park? (1963) - Strange Memories of Death (1984) - The Alien Mind (1981) - The Exit Door Leads In (1979) - Chains of Air, Web of Aether (1980) - Rautavaara's Case (1980) - I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (1980, variant of Frozen Journey) Front cover illustration by Chriss Foss