Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick, Science Fiction, Fantasy, (Paperback)

from salimbol

An excellent collection of Dick's early stories. They're as intelligent and well-written as you'd think, with more of a sense of humour in some of them than I'd expected (I tend to think of Dick as so very *serious*, but I see I've done him an injustice). Unsurprisingly, they have a very 50s flav...

from lavaturtle

Reading this really is more like reading poetry than reading a science fiction novel. You have to stop and let each story roll around in your mind.

from RobinJacksonPearson

Vintage mid-century SF at its finest. It's filled with lots of intriguing scenarios, a few optimistic and several horrific. Some of my favorite stories in this collection were The Variable Man, Paycheck, Beyond Lies the Wub, and Roog.

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By far one of the best Sci-Fi and short short story collections I have read. Nearly ever story is engaging and enthralling. Very enjoyable.

from Arten60

Great stuff I was rather enamoured with Beyond lies the Wub, The Indefatigable Frog and Prize ship. The latter had you thinking about Gullivers travels, then he hits you with the idea of an expanding universe. Interestingly another book in my library The Final Theory written by Mark Mccutcheon pu...