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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
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I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon, Philip K. Dick, Paul Williams, Mark Hurst
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1986
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- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Philip K. Dick, Paul Williams, Mark Hurst
- Uitgever
- Grafton
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1986
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 220
- ISBN10
- 0586074155
- ISBN13
- 9780586074152
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Fantasy, Avontuur, Science-fiction, Korte Verhalen, Amerikaanse Literatuur, Leesmateriaal
- Beoordeling
- 3,8 van 5
- Aantekening
- 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