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Vom Mond kehrte Glen Runciter nur als Toter zurück. Aber wer schreibt dann die Botschaften auf Streichholzbriefchen und aufgerissenen Zigarettenpackungen? Die Dinge haben sich selbständig gemacht, sie reisen in ihre eigene Zeit zurück - das Auto ist ein Modell aus den Dreißigern, der Fahrstuhl aus den Zwanzigern. Und was soll Ubik sein - Biermarke, Pfandhaus oder Raumspray? Oder ist Ubik die Rettung gegen den Zerfall der Realität? Mit unseren ...

In >Die drei Stigmata des Palmer Eldritch< (1965) entwirft Philip K. Dick eine Welt, in der die Menschen jeden Planeten des Sonnensystems kolonialisiert haben, weil sie die Erde durch die Klimaerwärmung unbewohnbar machten. Aber das außerirdische Leben ist hart, und so ergibt man sich halluzinatorischen Drogen, mit denen man in jede denkbare virtuelle Welt ausweichen kann. Über allem thront ein Drogentycoon mit gottgleicher Macht. Zum ersten M...

Substanz T oder >langsamer Tod< heißt eine neue Droge, die ins Orange County eingeschleust wird. Bob Arctor - alias Fred - ist Junkie und Geheimagent der Drogenfahndung, und damit er nicht auffliegt, beginnt er, auch mit Substanz T zu experimentieren, bis er merkt, dass seine beiden Identitäten gegeneinander agieren... Viele schätzen >Der dunkle Schirm< (1977) als den stärksten Roman Philip K. Dicks. Autobiographische Details zeichnen ein nur...

Eine Siedlung auf dem Mars, ein hochbegabtes Kind, das Zeitbrüche aufspürt, eine eingeborene Bevölkerung, die verstanden hat, dass sich auf dem Mars die Zeit nicht linear, sondern in Schleifen bewegt. Eine zentrale Macht, die alles für sich will, und der Einzelne, der gefangen in der Realität, langsam einen befreienden Ausblick auf die Wahrheit erhascht. Wie in einem Brennglas versammelt >Marsianischer Zeitsturz< (1964) die vielen Aspekte von ...

Was wäre, wenn die Achsenmächte den Zweiten Weltkrieg gewonnen hätten? Und sich Hitler mit Japan die USA geteilt hätte? Die Grenze durch die Rocky Mountains verliefe, wo es neutrale Pufferstaaten gäbe? Und dort ein >Orakel vom BergeHeuschrecken<, in der die Welt so dargestellt wird, wie sie eher unserer Wirklichkeit gleicht - aber nur fast, oder ist es wirklich ganz anders herum? Das >Orakel vom Berge< (1962) ist gegen den Strich erzählte Hist...

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Truth, she thought. As terrible as death. But harder to find.'America, fifteen years after the end of the Second World War. The winning Axis powers have divided their spoils: the Nazis control New York, while California is ruled by the Japanese. But between these two states - locked in a cold war - lies a neutal buffer zone in which legendary author Hawthorne Abendsen is rumoured to live. Abendsen lives in fear of his life for he has written a...

Small town America tears itself apart in this realist novel from the SF great behind "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?", which was adapted into the cult film "Bladerunner".

The discovery of mysterious gateway leads to a new world full of dangerous possibilities in this science fiction tale from an iconic author.When a repairman accidentally finds a parallel universe, everyone sees it as an opportunity, whether as a way to ease Earth's overcrowding, set up a personal kingdom, or hide an inconvenient mistress. But when a civilization is found already living there, the people on this side of the crack are sent scram...

On a ravaged Earth, fate and circumstances bring together a disparate group of characters, including a fascist with dreams of a coup, a composer who plays his instrument with his mind, a First Lady who calls all the shots, and the world's last practicing therapist. And they all must contend with an underclass that is beginning to ask a few too many questions, aided by a man called Loony Luke and his very persuasive pet alien. In classic Philip...

This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1953 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Variable Man' is a novella about a war between the people of the Terran System and that of Proxima Centauri. Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. Dick and his family moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco when he was young, and later on to Washington DC following his ...

This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1953 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Hanging Stranger' is a short story about a man who finds a dead stranger hanging from a lamp post and begins to realise that his town is not what he thought it was. Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. Dick and his family moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco when he...

This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1954 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Upon The Dull Earth' is a short story about summoning creatures from beyond our reality. Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. Dick and his family moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco when he was young, and later on to Washington DC following his parents divorce. Dick at...

This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1953 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Tony And The Beetles' is a short story about racism on a colony world. Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. Dick and his family moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco when he was young, and later on to Washington DC following his parents divorce. Dick attended Elementary ...

This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1953 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Last of the Masters' is a novelette about a post anarchistic revolution society and their attempts to crush any attempts at government. Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. Dick and his family moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco when he was young, and later on to W...

This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1953 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Defenders' is a short story about the aftermath of a nuclear war. Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. Dick and his family moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco when he was young, and later on to Washington DC following his parents divorce. Dick attended Elementary s...

This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1954 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Crystal Crypt' is a short story about the tensions between the peoples of Earth and Mars. Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. Dick and his family moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco when he was young, and later on to Washington DC following his parents divorce. Di...

This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1954 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Shell Game' is a short story about a group of mental patients shipwrecked on an alien planet. Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. Dick and his family moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco when he was young, and later on to Washington DC following his parents divorce. Di...

This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1953 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Second Variety' is a short story about the aftermath of a nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the United Nations. Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. Dick and his family moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco when he was young, and later on to Washington DC followin...