Beyond Lies the Wub

By Philip K. Dick

A crew member of a spaceship buys a "wub", a big and weird alien creature. When a shortage of food happens onboard, the ship's captain decides to kill the creature and use it as a meal for the crew.

But the wub is an intelligent creature, and seems to possess many abilities. Is the wub capable of mind control ? And how will this affect the crew ?

Beyond Lies the Wub was the first published science-fiction story written by Philip K. Dick.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Orpheus Editions
• Release date: Feb 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9788835376194

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.

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