Shell Game: Short Story

By Philip K. Dick

When a group of men crash to the surface of an alien planet, they are hemmed in on all sides by a deadly, un-crossable bog. Attacked by an unknown enemy, the group grows increasingly uncertain as the violence escalates while the enemy combatant remains unseen and no bodies are ever recovered.

Philip K. Dick was an American science-fiction novelist, short-story writer and essayist. His first short story, “Beyond Lies the Wub,” was published shortly after his high school graduation. Some of his most famous short stories were adapted for film, including “The Minority Report,” “Paycheck,” “Second Variety” (adapted into the film Screamers) and “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” (adapted into the film Total Recall).

HarperCollins brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperCollins short-stories collection to build your digital library.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Dec 16, 2014
• ISBN: 9781443442787

Philip K. Dick

Over a writing career that spanned three decades, PHILIP K. DICK (1928–1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralized power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned to deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film, notably Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly, as well as television's The Man in the High Castle. The recipient of critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout his career, including the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards, Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005, and between 2007 and 2009, the Library of America published a selection of his novels in three volumes. His work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

Book preview

����bbook_preview_excerpt.html�U�n�F��Fβ$WA�묍��l ǠI6�Y g�y�aN���^�$�#ʖ� v��~TU״6qd���X�� ��$�_�ns^.7�vS��>^_��ҧݗ+���ls>��<�ƚ�>�飩�� +��9�$�s����Mo}�O���l/��Q�N�l���B�O���j�p��|N�z�]N�?�)$~/�ҏs0]�~��C����������#�7���[�&��E�]C<����?��Y�2.&v��k�42QŘLo"��EB\Q���6����}ZQ���)ag���۷����]��ɤ��^����Ք ���h }�-�Y\=#���`��2H��y�QA���G�j�5�� �*��h�5B����"��f��€pYCޑ��L�4���d���a�as���_�hd-��>��ƀ�Z���|� r�1�W/W�|�r���P�"�i�{����u���� �8\:��-Ӡ/�Eq�*1��୕ez�a��0�����=&��Go�o4��BL��30N��ՖQ�t9��Np�����ڨ���$�#�C$l :����c��Y��r��U7�ԳmϬy�p���M9�-��D�TL�t!Il'�8�ܬ���)ǖ��G|����v*���RR#���0%$�a����h�踸r��z]c ���O'x��*�������)� E6x�A�Y ��j�
�8s���q�1H�I�<"Wc� PN��b�h�&�Z$Gs�C� j��Ԅ�z"�Z�S)4����r��-�vh?�s�ƙʶ9�G���] ��C8�zn�%��q`6��^���):�W������7��� �X �94�E�Ě�ԋ�"�$�u�~�0�������R]��\��Z���Ftb�7��~'�{ �8�LQ����C����D���L�i7I��p�y\����ײ��Mp���P���n?}�E8@��z��Oj��Z��U��<��$`=tKƿvzވ�