Minority Report and Other Stories
Ratings10
Average rating3.7
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Ratings10
Average rating3.7
Viewed by many as the greatest science fiction writer on any planet, Philip K. Dick has written some of the most intriguing, original and thought-provoking fiction of our time. This collection includes stories that will make you lough, cringe...and stop and think.
The Minority Report: a special unit that employs those with the power of precognition to prevent crimes proves itself less than reliable...
We Can Remember It For You Wholesale: an everyguy's yearning for more exciting ""memories"" places him in a danger he never could have imagined (basis of the feature film Total Recall)...
Paycheck: a mechanic who has no memory of the previous two years of his life finds that a bag of seemingly worthless and unrelated objects can actually unlock the secret of his recent past -- and insure that he has a future...
Second Variety: the UN's technological advances to win a global war veer out of control, threatening to destroy all of humankind (basis of the movie Screamers)...
The Eyes Have It: a whimsical, laugh-out-loud play on the words of the title.
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When I originally added these books, it was on Living Social's virtual bookshelf. They didn't seem to have this collection, so I added the titles I could remember as separate entries. I'm simply cleaning them up, since this is what I listened to. Copy/pasting the little bit of (and mostly useless) comments I had on the books.
Overall rating is a 4. I enjoyed most of these stories.
Minority Report
Pretty good short story. Rather different from the movie, which I also enjoyed. I rated this a 4.
Paycheck
This too is rather different than the movie, which is a good thing. I didn't like the movie at all, but the short story was good. I rated this a 4.
We Can Remember it For you Wholesale
This too is rather different than the movie. I enjoyed both the movie and the short story despite their differences. I rated this a 4.
Second Variety
It was descent, but predictable. Maybe that was less true when published, but it doesn't hold up too well in my opinion. I'd give this a 2.5 or 3.
The Eyes Have It
This one didn't even make it on my list. I must not have been able to find any listing for it at all. My vague recollection is that it was the shortest of the stories, and that I liked it fine, but not very memorable. I think I enjoyed it more than Second Variety at least, so probably a solid 3.
I think that this book is almost a perfect example of what short stories should be. They had just enough detail to keep you interested and to make sure you understand the world while not getting too bogged down in unnecessary details. They were a great length as well none felt like they over stayed their welcome and at the same time managed to have enough breathing room to feel like like a full story.
Very enjoyable set of stories that all feel like they shared a general theme and feeling. Can’t wait to read more of his work.
