Second Variety (Collected Stories: Vol 2) - Softcover

Dick, Philip K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857988809 ISBN 13: 9781857988802

Publisher: Millennium Paperbacks, 1987

Synopsis

The stories within SECOND VARIETY were written between 1952 and 1955, while America was in the grip of McCarthyism. The concerns of the time are reflected in stories such as "Second Variety", which tells of an endless war fought by ever more cunning and sophisticated robots, or "Imposter" where a man accused of being an alien spy finds his whole identity called into question. Using his marvellously varied, quirky and idiosyncratic style, Dick speaks up for ordinary people against militarism, paranoia and xenophobia.

About this title

About the Author:

‘The most consistently brilliant SF writer in the world’ John Brunner ‘Dick quietly produced serious fiction in a popular form and there can be no greater praise’ Michael Moorcock ‘One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction, Philip K. Dick made most of the European avant-guarde seem navel-gazers in a cul-de-sac’ Sunday Times ‘He was the funniest SF writer of his time, and perhaps the most terrifying’ Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Review:

"...fitting tribute to a great philosophical writer who found science fiction the ideal form for the expression of his ideas" -- The Independent

'No other writer of his generation had such a powerful intellectual presence.' -- Brian Aldiss

'One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction.' -- Sunday Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Millennium Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 1857988809
• ISBN 13: 9781857988802
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392