Synopsis
Apparently, there has been a war. The war has ended; everything is produced by huge automated factories. People would like to take the production into their own hands before the factories "use up the natural reserves", so they try to stop the factories.
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Publications (51)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1955 | Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1955 | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | MAGAZINE | 70 |
| February 1956 | Galaxy Science Fiction, No. 35 | Strato Publications | MAGAZINE | 58 |
| 1957 | The Variable Man and Other Stories | Ace Books | Collection | 182 |
| August 1969 | The Variable Man and Other Stories | Sphere Books | Collection | 158 |
| November 1971 | The Ruins of Earth | G. P. Putnam's Sons | Anthology | 69 |
| December 1971 | The Ruins of Earth | G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC | Anthology | 57 |
| 1972 | Beyond Control | Thomas Nelson | Anthology | 48 |
| June 1972 | The Ruins of Earth | Berkley Medallion | Anthology | 60 |
| February 1973 | The Ruins of Earth | Hutchinson | Anthology | 85 |
| February 1973 | Beyond Control | Thomas Nelson | Anthology | 48 |
| 1974 | Science Fact/Fiction | Scott, Foresman and Company | Anthology | 340 |
| February 1974 | Beyond Control | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Anthology | 48 |
| April 1975 | The Ruins of Earth | Arrow Books | Anthology | 85 |
| May 1976 | Beyond Control | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Anthology | 48 |
| October 1976 | The Variable Man and Other Stories | Ace Books | Collection | 220 |
| 1977 | The Variable Man and Other Stories | Sphere | Collection | 158 |
| March 1977 | The Best of Philip K. Dick | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 267 |
| March 1978 | The Best of Philip K. Dick | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 267 |
| June 1984 | Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities: The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick | Southern Illinois University Press | Collection | |
| February 1986 | Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities: The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick | Southern Illinois University Press | Collection | 145 |
| May 1987 | The Days of Perky Pat | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 1 |
| May 1987 | The Days of Perky Pat | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 1 |
| April 1990 | The Days of Perky Pat | Gollancz | Collection | 1 |
| May 1991 | The Days of Perky Pat | Grafton | Collection | 11 |
| December 1991 | The Minority Report | Citadel Twilight | Collection | 1 |
| 1994 | The Days of Perky Pat | HarperCollins (UK) | Collection | 11 |
| May 2000 | Minority Report | Millennium / Orion | Collection | 1 |
| 2001 | Minority Report | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 1 |
| May 2002 | The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories | Citadel Press | Collection | 1 |
| November 2002 | Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick | Pantheon Books | Collection | 202 |
| November 2002 | Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick | Pantheon Books / SFBC | Collection | 202 |
| February 2004 | Paycheck | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 174 |
| February 2004 | Paycheck | Gollancz | Collection | |
| October 2004 | Paycheck | Gollancz | Collection | 174 |
| November 2008 | The Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Vol. 1 | Blackstone Audiobooks | Collection | |1 |
| March 2009 | Beyond Control | Wildside Press | Anthology | |
| April 2010 | Paycheck | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |
| April 2013 | Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Collection | 199 |
| April 2013 | Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Collection | |
| August 2013 | The Minority Report | Subterranean Press | Collection | 9 |
| August 2013 | The Minority Report | Subterranean Press | Collection | 9 |
| 2014 | Minority Report | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |1 |
| December 2015 | The Minority Report | Brilliance Audio | Collection | |9 |
| April 2016 | The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories By Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing | Collection | 1 |
| September 2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams: Volume One | Gollancz | Collection | |183 |
| September 2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams: Volume One | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 183 |
| November 2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Collection | 183 |
| November 2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Collection | |183 |
| January 2022 | The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick | Collection | |82 | |
| October 2023 | The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume Three | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |1300 |
| October 2023 | The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume Three | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 271 |