Once again Open Culture performs a good service by putting us onto these free ebooks. Here’s the list and links. More info about Dick in the article.
eTexts (find download instructions here)
- “Beyond the Door” – Multiple formats – iTunes
- First published in 1954, the text is not usually found in collections of Dick’s writings.
- “Beyond Lies the Wub” – Multiple formats – iTunes
- Dick’s first published story. Originally appeared in Planet Stories in July, 1952.
- “Mr. Spaceship” – Multiple Formats
- Appeared first in Imagination in 1953, and later in The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick.
- “Piper in the Woods” – Multiple Formats
- First published in 1953 in the fantasy and science fiction magazine, Imagination.
- “Second Variety” – Multiple Formats
- Influential short story first published in Space Science Fiction Magazinein May 1953.
- “The Crystal Crypt” – Multiple Formats
- Sci-fi story published in the January 1952 edition of Planet Stories.
- “The Defenders” – Multiple Formats – iTunes
- A 1953 sci-fi story that laid the foundation for Dick’s 1964 novel The Penultimate Truth.
- “The Eyes Have It” – Multiple Formats – iTunes
- One of the shortest, if not the shortest, of all of Philip K. Dick’s many short stories.
- “The Gun” – Multiple Formats – iTunes
- A 1952 sci-fi story that later appeared in The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick.
- “The Skull” – Multiple Formats – iTunes
- Same as right above.
- “The Variable Man” – Multiple Formats
- A 1953 novella written/sold by Philip K. Dick before he had an agent.
Audio
- “Beyond Lies the Wub” – Free MP3
- “Beyond the Door” – Free MP3
- “Second Variety” – Free MP3 Zip File – Stream Online
- “The Defenders” – Free MP3
- “The Variable Man” – Free MP3 Zip File – Stream Online
P.S. Don’t miss the film Philip K. Dick: A Day in the Afterlife (1994), a documentary appearing in our collection of Free Movies Online.
Nice. 🙂
Project Gutenberg does a great job for keen readers.
“Adjustment Team” is also available for free at http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team. Click on “print/export” at left side of page to print or download.