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Title: Introduction: How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later

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Title: Introduction: How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later Title Record # 118807
Author: Philip K. Dick
Date: 1985-07-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
Note: Lawrence Sutin states in The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick that this "was written as a speech but was likely never delivered."
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1985 How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later
Year Language Title
1988ⓘTranslated by Vittorio Curtoni
 Italian Come Costruire Un Universo Che Non Cada A Pezzi In Due Giorni
2000ⓘTranslated by Peter A. Schmidt
 German
Wie man eine Welt baut, die nicht nach zwei Tagen wieder auseinanderfällt?Wie man eine Welt baut, die nicht nach zwei Tagen wieder auseinanderfaellt
2015ⓘTranslated by Christophe Wall-Romana
 French Comment construire un univers qui ne tombe pas en morceaux au bout de deux jours

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon 1985-07-00 Philip K. Dick Doubleday 0-385-19567-2
$12.95?$: US dollar
 179
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Cathy Canzani Checkmark
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon 1986-02-00 Philip K. Dick Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-03578-1
£8.95?£: UK pound
 179
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon 1986-05-00 Philip K. Dick Gollancz 0-575-03578-1
£9.95?£: UK pound
 179
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon 1987-09-00 Philip K. Dick St. Martin's Press 0-312-90838-5
$3.50?$: US dollar
 202
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Paul Lehr Checkmark
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon 1988-02-00 Philip K. Dick Grafton 0-586-07415-5
£2.95?£: UK pound
 220
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Chris Foss Checkmark
Urania #1068 1988-02-14 ed. Gianni Montanari Mondadori 1068
Lit 3,500?Lit: Italian lira
 160
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
 mag Karel Thole  
The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick: Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings 1995-01-00 Philip K. Dick Pantheon Books 0-679-42644-2
$27.50?$: US dollar
 xxix+
350
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 non-fic Nicole Olivieri Panter  
Der Rabe, #59 2000-00-01 ed. Heiko Arntz, Gerd Haffmans Haffmans 3-251-10059-9
DM 16.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 260
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 mag Martin Schwarz Checkmark
Der Philip K. Dick Companion 2008-01-00 Heiko Arntz Zweitausendeins (Haffmans Verlag bei Zweitausendeins) 978-3-86150-803-8   95
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 non-fic Urs Jakob  
Der Philip K. Dick Companion 2012-08-00 Heiko Arntz Zweitausendeins (Haffmans Verlag bei Zweitausendeins) 978-3-86150-803-8   95
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 non-fic Urs Jakob Checkmark
Si ce monde vous déplaît... et autres essais 2015-04-00 Philip K. Dick Editions de l'éclat (L'éclat/poche #6) 978-2-84162-365-5
€8.00?€: Euro
 230
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 non-fic Patricia Farazzi  
The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick: Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings date unknown Philip K. Dick Vintage Books 0-679-74787-7
$13.00?$: US dollar
 xxix+
350
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 non-fic Heidi North Checkmark
The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick: Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings date unknown Philip K. Dick Vintage Books 0-679-74787-7
$13.95?$: US dollar
 xxix+
350
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 non-fic Heidi North Checkmark
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