A review by ckcombsdotcom
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick by Philip K. Dick

Over 20 stories by a celebrated sci fi writer. My response to them was uneven. In some cases, I could definitely see his genius and enjoyed the story. In other cases, the repetition of themes grew tedious. He certainly had a fascination with combining absurd or unexpected happenings and with mundane lives. And sometimes it worked really well. The genius of The Minority Report and We can Remember it for You Wholesale is obvious, The Days of Perky Pat is insidious in it's damnation of the adults in the story. Foster, You're Dead was sharp in it's critique of capitalism. Autofac is pretty brilliant as well... and on the theme of man's quest for better technology getting the better of him. Beyond Lies the Wub was also brilliant and the ending was unexpected - I like that.

The deadening mundanity of every day life... The karmic revenge of our quest for more and more technology in our lives.

Favorites - Minority Report, The Electric Ant, We can Remember it for You Wholesale, Beyond Lies the Wub, Paycheck.