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What The B@@K? #10 Electric Dreams
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What The B@@K? #10 Electric Dreams

10 Short Stories by Phillip K. Dick

Synopsis:

Electric Dreams is a collection of Phillip K. Dick short stories that inspired the TV series by the same name. The anthology of 10 stories stretch across the sci-fi genre and each can stand alone without knowledge of Phillip K. Dick’s other works. This is a great collection for short story fans, Phillip K. Dick fans, and sci-fi fans. 

The list of short stories in the book we discuss:

  • Exhibit Piece - A man finds a warp in the space time continuum!

  • The Commuter - A suburb poofs into existence!

  • Impossible Planet - An ancient woman pays to see the mythical planet of Earth.

  • The Hanging Stranger - Mysterious entities take over people’s bodies in this wild ride.

  • Sales Pitch - They always wanted a product that could sell itself…

  • The Father-Thing - A story about bugs turning people and how we become like our parents.

  • The Hood Maker - Teeps are taking over! But will they handle this one simple truth?

  • Foster, You’re Dead! - Consumerism at the height of the Cold War leads to a great metaphor for the digital age!

  • Human Is - Why not keep the Rexorian? What could possibly be wrong with that?

  • Autofac - Automated factories making pizzled stuffs humanity doesn’t want.

List of books What the B@@K? is reading through:

  1. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Bladerunner

  2. Ender’s game

  3. Lord of the flies

  4. Metamorphosis

  5. Minority report

  6. Enders Shadow

  7. Fahrenheit 451

  8. Beyond good and evil

  9. Electric dreams

  10. Ready player 1

  11. The Great Gatsby

  12. Fear and Trembling

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