The Minority Report
Imagine a future where crimes can be detected before they are committed, and criminals are convicted and sentenced for crimes before committing them. This is the scenario of Philip K. Dick's classic story. In addition to 'Minority Report' this collection includes nine other outstanding short...
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Imagine a future where crimes can be detected before they are committed, and criminals are convicted and sentenced for crimes before committing them. This is the scenario of Philip K. Dick's classic story. In addition to 'Minority Report' this collection includes nine other outstanding short stories by the twentieth century's outstanding sf master, three of which have been made into feature films. THE AUTHOR Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) was born in Chicago but lived in California for most of his life. He published his first short story, 'Beyond Lies the Wub' in 1952. Among his many fine novels are The Man in the High Castle, Time Out of Joint, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780752864310 (0752864319)
Publish date: March 24th 2005
Publisher: Orion
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Classics,
Science Fiction,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Crime,
Short Stories,
Dystopia
It's been a while since I saw the movie version of this short tale by Philip K. Dick, but I now have it on order from the library so that I can watch it again. Although it's been 13 years since I've seen the movie (starring Tom Cruise), I recall it well enough to know that it is quite different fr...
Jak sam mówił/ pisał Philip Dick – jego twórczość odpowiada na dwa pytania. - Czy można uznać nasz świat za rzeczywisty? A jeśli tak, to w jakim stopniu? - Czy wszyscy jesteśmy ludźmi? Większość z 18. opowiadań wydanych przez Amber przede wszystkim można odbierać jako oryginalne i zaskakujące. Jeś...
I'm not an old, crusty sci-fi fan who read this when it came out in '56. No, I'm a neophyte who only knows about The Minority Report because of the 2002 movie version. It's hard not to associate this solid, yet too short short story with that blockbuster flick starring Tom Cruise......and I'm not ev...
Este es uno de esos extrañisimos casos en los que la película es mejor que el libro. Mucho mejor.
Narrated by Keir Dullea 3.1 out of 5 stars Read in August 2013 Once again I find myself loving and hating PKD's writing. He created and imagined very intriguing stories and ideas. I just don't always agree with his buried (sometimes not so subtly) political ramblings. I liked the title story, ...