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MR SPACESHIP
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MR SPACESHIP

BookPaperback
CHF15.90

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"Mr. Spaceship" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in Imagination in January 1953, and later in The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick. The story is set in the distant future, where humanity is at war with "Yuks", an alien life form which does not use mechanical spaceships nor constructions but instead relies on life forms to power their technology. The war has been going on for a long time and humanity has not been able to come up with a solution against the life-form based ships and mines that the Yuks use. One day a team of researchers led by Philip Kramer decide to build a spaceship which is powered by a human brain and they find the ideal candidate in Kramer's old professor, a dying man who volunteers to donate his brain to the project.
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ISBN/GTIN979-10-419-8530-2
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
PublisherCulturea
Publication countryGermany
Publishing date13/02/2024
Pages30 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 170 mm, Height 220 mm, Thickness 3 mm
Weight71 g
Article no.51216476
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.46071469
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Author

Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 ¿ March 2, 1982), often referred to by his initials PKD, was an American science fiction writer. He wrote 44 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. His fiction explored varied philosophical and social questions such as the nature of reality, perception, human nature, and identity, and commonly featured characters struggling against elements such as alternate realities, illusory environments, monopolistic corporations, drug abuse, authoritarian governments, and altered states of consciousness.