Gather Yourselves Together is one of Philip K. Dick’s first novels, created when he was simply twenty-four years old. It tells the story of three American employees left out in China by their employer, biding their period as the Communists advance. Because they while apart the days, both young and naïve Carl Fitter as well as the old and worldly Verne Tildon vie for the affections of Barbara Mahler, a female who may possibly not be as tough-as-nails as she acts. But Carl’s innocence and Verne’s boorishness could finish up driving Barbara from both.