Publication: The Father-Thing

Publication: The Father-ThingPublication Record # 929132
Author: Philip K. Dick
Date: 2003-00-00
ISBN: 1-85798-881-7 [978-1-85798-881-9]
Publisher: Gollancz / Orion
Price:
£7.99^?£: UK pound
Pages: xi+376
Format:
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.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: The Father-Thing (1990) • by Chris Moore
Notes: Dated 3rd printing of the 2001 re-issue. Title page:
- "Volume Three [over] The Collected Short Stories [over] of Philip K. Dick [over] Introduction by John Brunner"
- Gollancz colophon as imprint.
Copyright page:
- "First published in Great Britain in 1999 by [over] Millennium [over] An imprint of Victor Gollancz"
- "Reissued in 2001 by Gollancz"
- "Third impression 2003"
- "Copyright © 1987 The Estate of Philip K. Dick"
- "Introduction © 1987 by Brunner Fact & Fiction Ltd."
- "Entire contents Copyright © 1987 by The Estate of Philip K. Dick."
- "Previously [over] unpublished stories are Copyright © 1987 by The Estate of Philip K. Dick."
- "The excerpt which appears at the beginning of this volume is from a collection [over] of interviews with the author conducted by Paul Williams and published in [over] Only Apparently Real, Arbor House, 1986."
Back cover:
- Misspelling in the phrase "...Philip K. Dick's fisrt [sic] novel."
- "UK £7.99 CAN $12.99"
- No artist credit.
The Introduction is signed on p.ix "John Brunner [over] South Petherton [over] England [over] October 1986" A 1-paragraph interview, on unnumbered p.xi is captioned below: "— Philip K. Dick in an interview, 1974" No entry on Locus1. Gloss cover. Note: There are at least 4 variations of this coverart, where the text has been moved against the artwork background and relatively to other text - sometimes only slightly.

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Collection Title: The Father-Thing • [The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick • 3] • (1987) • collection by Philip K. Dick

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vii • Introduction (The Father-Thing) • [Introductions to the Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick • 3] • (1987) • essay by John Brunner
1 • Fair Game • (1959) • short story by Philip K. Dick
13 • The Hanging Stranger • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
27 • The Eyes Have It • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
31 • The Golden Man • (1954) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
57 • The Turning Wheel • (1954) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
75 • The Last of the Masters • (1954) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
101 • The Father-Thing • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
111 • Strange Eden • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
123 • Tony and the Beetles • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
135 • Null-O • (1958) • short story by Philip K. Dick
145 • To Serve the Master • (1956) • short story by Philip K. Dick
155 • Exhibit Piece • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
167 • The Crawlers • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
175 • Sales Pitch • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
189 • Shell Game • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
203 • Upon the Dull Earth • (1954) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
221 • Foster, You're Dead • (1955) • short story by Philip K. Dick
239 • Pay for the Printer • (1956) • short story by Philip K. Dick
253 • War Veteran • (1955) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
291 • The Chromium Fence • (1955) • short story by Philip K. Dick
305 • Misadjustment • (1957) • short story by Philip K. Dick
321 • A World of Talent • (1954) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
353 • Psi-Man Heal My Child! • (1955) • novelette by Philip K. Dick (variant of Psi-Man)
373 • Notes (The Father-Thing) • (1987) • essay by Philip K. Dick

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