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This boxed set includes all three Library of America volumes collecting Philip K. Dick’s best science fiction novels:

The Man in the High Castle • The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? • Ubik • Martian Time-Slip • Dr. Bloodmoney • Now Wait for Last Year • Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said • A Scanner Darkly • A Maze of Death • VALIS • The Divine Invasion • The Transmigration of Timothy Archer

LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

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Deluxe hardcover volumes
In one volume: The Man in the High Castle, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and Ubik—each exemplifying the hallucinatory logic, darkly comic exuberance, and unsettling prescience of Dick’s singular genius. Five mind-bending classics in one authoritative collector’s hardcover: Martian Time-Slip; Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb; Now Wait for Last Year; Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said; and A Scanner Darkly. A Maze of Death, VALIS, The Divine Invasion, and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer: the best novels of Dick's final years, when religious revelation, always important in his work, became a dominant and irresistible theme.

The Philip K. Dick Collection (3-volume boxed set)

This boxed set includes all three Library of America Philip K. Dick volumes—13 classic novels in authoritative, annotated editions:

The Man in the High Castle • The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? • Ubik • Martian Time-Slip • Dr. Bloodmoney • Now Wait for Last Year • Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said • A Scanner Darkly • A Maze of Death • VALIS • The Divine Invasion • The Transmigration of Timothy Archer

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Library of America; 5th edition (October 15, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 2800 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1598530496
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1598530490
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.5 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.34 x 3.8 x 8.5 inches
Reviewer: David Valentino
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Definitive Collection for Philip K. Dick Fans
Review: The Library of America is the best way to own works of the greatest American writers. Volumes are durable and enhanced with scholarship. This comprehensive collection of works by Philip K. Dick, thus, is exceptional, a must for PKD fans.From Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s: A Scanner DarklyPhilip K. Dick merges two things he experienced personally—the drug culture of the late 1960s and 1970s and paranoia about being watched by various policing organizations, particularly the FBI and CIA— into a novel about a cop whose personality splits in half by living in two states: watcher and watched. The novel breaks down into three acts: Robert/Fred as a cop working undercover to ferret out drug kingpins; Robert/Fred in full blown confusion about his identity and paranoid over his safety; Robert/Bruce in a rehab facility that works to keep his blind to his identity while pushing him ever closer to being a walking vegetable. It’s enough to make you run away from your own medicine cabinet screaming, constantly looking over your shoulder to see who might be watching you.From Four Novels of the 1960s: The Man in the High CastlePerhaps quoting from Freddie Mercury’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” best puts what many consider the finest of Philip K. Dick’s works into perspective: “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” Ambiguity threads its way throughout The Man in the High Castle, because ambiguity is the whole point of the novel. Is the timeline followed by the characters in the novel reality? Or, is true reality, as Juliana comes to believe, that expressed in the alternative reality book most in the novel are reading, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy? Perhaps chance dictates the path of a life or a country, and divining what’s to come means foreseeing with mystical help, as, again, most of the characters do employing I Ching (Book of Changes). The layering Dick accomplishes makes The Man in the High Castle a terrific reading experience, a novel guaranteed to elevate a person’s anxiety level.

Reviewer: Paul N. Robinson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great collection in a great package for a great price
Review: Great collection in a great package for a great price! All first rate literature and essential science fiction!While all of the novel selections are top notch, they are not necessarily my choices. I do understand the logistical problem of deciding what to include in the space afforded, but there are four uncompromisable issues to mention. First and foremost, while the 3 book "Valis" sequence is included (and rightfully so), I personally find the original novel, "Radio Free Albemuth", of which "Valis" was re-worked into, is perhaps Philip K. Dick's finest work. BUY "RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH"! Secondly, Dick was a supremely prolific author, and none of his non-science fiction works are represented, which is a shame considering how truly affecting they are ("Confessions of a Crap Artist", for instance). Third, a volume of choice short stories ("Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick") would have been essential for a well rounded collection. Lastly, "The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick: Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings" is an excellent compilation of essays, speeches, etc. brings into context the themes and ideas from his writing into real world. And for the record, if I were the publisher working with the budget to only present the given number of pages, to accommodate my issues, I would substitute the novels "Martian Time-Slip", "Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb", and "A Maze of Death".Seriously though, don't let my fan-rant prevent you from buying this set. It is a great set. Cheap, durable, compact. Once you have finished it, and whet your appetite for more Dick, branch out with the suggestions above!

Reviewer: Andy W. Skwarek
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Perfect collection for your library
Review: I love P.K. Dick. When i was much younger I had a copy of "Androids" handed too me and I fell in love. Dick was writing cyberpunk before Neuromancer was a gleam in anyone's eyes. His mixture of science fiction and trancendentialism allows him to create stories where charachters truely morph and grow (or not... Decker) and become something that is bigger than the words that tell their story. There is no wonder at all that Dick has inspired more movies than any other sci-fi author.These particular volumes are the perfect addition to a library. They really contain the main portions of Dick's work. Perfectly chosen to span his career. You not only get the early works that make for good movies such as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, the middle paranoid writings finishing in A Scanner Darkley into the late trancendential novels with my personal favorite, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer. Not only are each of the individual works fantastic but the collection lets you get a great overview of the author's life work.The volumes themselves are on a light, almost bible like paper that feels fantastic when turning pages. A very solid hardbound book with a ribbon bookmark. High quality and well done without being overdone. I plan on getting several of my other favorite american authors in this series's collection to have on hand.

Reviewer: Savings
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: As described

Reviewer: Lucas Dalfovo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Melhor do mundo

Reviewer: filiberto avila
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: llego bien lo recomiendo mucho, es tal cual lo que se ve en la imagen me encanta pkd

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: If you on't have these novels already and you'd like to quickly build out your PKD library there's no better option I'm aware of. Excellent quality volumes .. the novels themselves have been reviewed elsewhere.

Reviewer: Raquel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The best 🙂