Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) was one of the seminal figures of 20th century research fiction. His many tales and novels, such as such classics as The Man in the Great Castle and Perform Androids Imagine Electric Sheep?, reflect a deeply personal worldview, discovering the delicate, multifarious character of fact itself and examining those elements that make us-or neglect to make us-fully human being. He did as much as anyone to demolish the artificial hurdle between genre fiction and literature, and the about Quantity III: Upon the Dull Globe greatest of his work has earned a permanent put in place American popular tradition.Upon the Dull Earth may be the third installment of the uniform, five-volume edition of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick. This good collection consists of 22 stories and novellas written in 1953 and 1954, along with extensive-and valuable-story notes. Included listed below are a number of real PKD classics, among them the title tale, the brilliantly conceived account of the bizarre, ultimately catastrophic resurrection, ‘The Father-Thing,’ in which a young boy comes to realize that his once familiar dad has somehow changed, and The Golden Man (filmed in 2007 as Next), which tells the tale of a golden skinned mutant who may represent the future direction of the people. These and all the other stories in this important and required audiobook offer a wide variety of literary and intellectual pleasures. At exactly the same time, they provide a fascinating glimpse into the carrying on development of this iconic-and greatly influential-figure.