PHILIP K. DICK (1928 -1982) explored personal, religious, sociological, political and philosophical themes in his Science Fiction and Fantasy short stories.
This post is a complete listing of every known Philip K. Dick short story published between 1952 and 1963. Many of them are in the public domain. The known PD titles are all listed. The unknown ones and the ones we aren’t sure about are listed too. My hope is that this list will help bring more of the public domain PHILIP K. DICK stories out into the open (and thus be turned into audiobooks).
Beside each story title I have made a series of notes and links:
First up is the original publication (mostly magazines, but there are a few anthologies). Next is the public domain status (if known). Then there is a link to the Wikipedia entry for the story (indicated by the “W”) when available. If the story is PD then I’ve provided a link to either the Project Gutenberg etext or the SickMyDuck equivalent (if PG doesn’t have it). Those links are represented as either “PG” or “SD”. If SFFaudio has posted about the story or podcast a discussion about it I’ve added a link and represented it as “SFF”. Finally, if there is a LibriVox audiobook version available I have added the links to the MP3 (or MP3s).
Update:
-I have added Internet Science Fiction Database links using the abbreviation ISFDB.
-I have added Copyright Office scans (when available) using the abbreviation COS.
-I have added Copyright Office data (when available) using the abbreviation COD.
-I have added scans of the original table of contents for each story using the abbreviation OTOC.
Update II:
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<-COMPILATION COPYRIGHT RENEWED
Update III:
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If you have any information about any of these stories that you think might help please comment or send me an email with the subject line “Philip K. Dick’s PUBLIC DOMAIN short stories, novelettes and novellas”.
Short stories, novelettes and novellas by Philip K. Dick (1952-1963):
Beyond Lies The Wub – Planet Stories, July 1952 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SFF|PG|MP3|ISFDB|OTOC|
The Gun – Planet Stories, September 1952 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SFF|PG|W|SFF|MP3|ISFDB|OTOC|PDF|
The Skull – If, September 1952 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|PG|SFF|MP3|ISFDB|OTOC|PDF|
The Little Movement – Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1952 |W|ISFDB|COS1|COS2|OTOC|
The Defenders – Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1953 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SFF|ISFDB|PG|MP3|COS|OTOC|PDF|
Mr. Spaceship – Imagination, January 1953 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|PG|MP3|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|
Piper In The Woods – Imagination, February 1953 –PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|PG|SFF|MP3|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|
Roog – Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1953 – LIKELY PUBLIC DOMAIN – |W|SFF|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Second Variety – Space Science Fiction, May 1953 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|PG|SFF|MP3 Pt.1|MP3 Pt.2|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|
The Infinites – Planet Stories, May 1953 |W|ISFDB|COS|
The World She Wanted – Science Fiction Quarterly, May 1953 |ISFDB|COS|
The Preserving Machine – Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1953 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Colony – Galaxy Science Fiction, June 1953 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Impostor – Astounding Science Fiction, June 1953 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The Cookie Lady – Fantasy Fiction, June 1953 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The Eyes Have It – Science Fiction Stories, #1 (1953) – PUBLIC DOMAIN |PG|SFF|MP3|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|
Martians Come In Clouds – Fantastic Universe, June-July 1953 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Paycheck – Imagination, June 1953 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The Indefatigable Frog – Fantastic Story Magazine, July 1953 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The Cosmic Poachers – Imagination, July 1953 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Expendable – Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1953 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The Commuter – Amazing Stories, August-September 1953 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Out In The Garden – Fantasy Fiction, August 1953 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The Great C – Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, September 1953 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The King Of The Elves – Beyond Fantasy Fiction, September 1953 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The Trouble With Bubbles – If, September 1953 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The Variable Man – Space Science Fiction, July/Sept. 1953 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|PG|SFF|MP3 Pt.1|MP3 Pt.2|MP3 Pt.3|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|
The Impossible Planet – Imagination, October 1953 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Planet For Transients – Fantastic Universe, October-November 1953 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Some Kinds Of Life [as by Richard Phillipps] – Fantastic Universe, October-November 1953 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The Hanging Stranger – Science Fiction Adventures, December 1953 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |SFF|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|
The Builder – Amazing Stories, December 1953-January 1954 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Project: Earth – Imagination, December 1953 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Tony And The Beetles – Orbit, No. 2 (1953) – PUBLIC DOMAIN |SFF|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|
Jon’s World – Time To Come edited by August Dereleth (1954) |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|*other stories in this anthology were renewed [A00000135732]
Beyond The Door – Fantastic Universe, January 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |PG|SFF|MP3|ISFDB|OTOC|PDF|
The Crystal Crypt – Planet Stories, January 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|PG|SFF|MP3|ISFDB|OTOC|PDF|
Prize Ship – Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1954 |W|ISFDB|OTOC|
*A Present For Pat – Startling Stories, January 1954 |ISFDB|OTOC|*other stories in Startling Stories, January 1954 were renewed separately [B00000449219] but not A Present For Pat
The Golden Man – If, April 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SD|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|
James P. Crow – Planet Stories, May 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|
Prominent Author – If, May 1954 PUBLIC DOMAIN |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|
Small Town – Amazing Stories, May 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |SFF|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|
Survey Team – Fantastic Universe, May 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |ISFDB|COS|PDF|
Sales Pitch – Future Science Fiction, June 1954 |W|ISFDB|COS|TOC|SFF|PDF|
The Turning Wheel – Science Fiction Stories, #2 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SD|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|
Time Pawn – Thrilling Wonder Stories, Summer 1954 – LIKELY PUBLIC DOMAIN – NEVER REPRINTED |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Breakfast At Twilight – Amazing Stories, July 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SD|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The Crawlers – Imagination, July 1954 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|
Of Withered Apples – Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, July 1954 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|
Exhibit Piece – If, August 1954 PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|
Shell Game – Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SD|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|
Adjustment Team – Orbit, No. 4, September-October 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SD|SFF1|SFF2|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|WIKISOURCE|PDF|
A World Of Talent – Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1954 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|
Meddler – Future Science Fiction, October 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SD|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|
Souvenir – Fantastic Universe, October 1954 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|
The Last Of The Masters – Orbit, No. 5, November-December 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SD|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|
Progeny – If, November 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|
Upon The Dull Earth – Beyond Fantasy Fiction (#9) 1954 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|SFF|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|
The Father-Thing – Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1954 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Strange Eden – Imagination, December 1954 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|
Foster, You’re Dead – Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 (1955) – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|
Human Is – Startling Stories, Winter 1955 – PUBLIC DOMAIN |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|SFF|PDF|
War Veteran – If, March 1955 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Captive Market – If, April 1955 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Nanny – Startling Stories, Spring 1955 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The Hood Maker – Imagination, June 1955 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The Chromium Fence – Imagination, July 1955 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Service Call – Science Fiction Stories, July 1955 |W|ISFDB|COS|
A Surface Raid – Fantastic Universe, July 1955 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The Mold Of Yancy – If, August 1955 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Autofac – Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1955 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Psi-Man Heal My Child! – Imaginative Tales, November 1955 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The Minority Report – Fantastic Universe, January 1956 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
To Serve The Master – Imagination, February 1956 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Vulcan’s Hammer – Future Science Fiction, #29 (April 1956) – |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Pay For The Printer – Satellite Science Fiction, October 1956 |W|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Glass Of Darkness – Satellite Science Fiction, December 1956 |ISFDB|ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
The Unreconstructed M – Science Fiction Stories, January 1957 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|PDF|
Misadjustment – Science Fiction Quarterly, February 1957 |ISFDB|COS|OTOC|
Null-O – If, December 1958 |W|ISFDB|OTOC|
Explorers We – Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1959 |W|ISFDB|OTOC|
Recall Mechanism – If, July 1959 |W|ISFDB|OTOC|
Fair Game – If, September 1959 |W|SFF|ISFDB|OTOC|
War Game – Galaxy Magazine, December 1959 |ISFDB|OTOC|
Stand-By – Amazing Stories, October 1963 |ISFDB|COD|OTOC|
What’ll We Do With Ragland Park? – Amazing Stories, November 1963 |W|ISFDB|COD|OTOC|
If There Were No Benny Cemoli – Galaxy Magazine, December 1963 |W|ISFDB|COD|OTOC|
The Days of Perky Pat – Amazing Stories, December 1963 |W|ISFDB|COD|
All We Marsmen – Worlds of Tomorrow, August, October and December 1963 |ISFDB1|ISFDB2|ISFDB3|COD|OTOC1|OTOC2|OTOC3|
Waterspider – If, January 1964 |ISFDB|COD|OTOC|
Oh To Be A Blobel – Galaxy, February 1964 |ISFDB|COD|OTOC|
Novelty Act – Fantastic, February 1964 (copyright 1963) |ISFDB|COD|OTOC|
Orpheus With Feet Of Clay – unknown issue of Escapade 1963? 1964? under the pseudonym Jack Dowland |ISFDB|
UPDATE:
Here are some scans of various tables of contents and acknowledgement pages that will verify the true first publication dates of some of the works above:
Table of contents for Imagination, July 1954 (includes The Crawlers by Philip K. Dick):
Table of contents for Science Fiction Stories No. 2 1954 (includes Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick):
Table of contents and copyright page for Orbit Science Fiction No.4 (Sept-Oct 1954) (containing Adjustment Team):
Table of contents for Cosmos Science Fiction And Fantasy, September 1953 (includes The Great C by Philip K. Dick):
Table of contents for Cosmos Science Fiction And Fantasy – July 1954 (includes Of Withered Apples by Philip K. Dick):
Acknowledgements page from I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon:
Acknowledgements page from Invasion Of The Robots:
Acknowledgements page from The Best Of Philip K. Dick:
Acknowledgements page from The Golden Man:
Acknowledgements page from The Preserving Machine:
Acknowledgements page from The Variable Man And Other Stories:
Acknowledgments page from Other Worlds, Other Times:
Table of contents from Amazing Stories May 1954 (includes Small Town by Philip K. Dick):
Table of contents from Fantastic Universe May 1954 (includes Survey Team by Philip K. Dick):
Table of contents from Fantastic Universe June – July 1953:
Table of contents from Future Science Fiction October 1954:
Table of contents from Amazing Stories, August September 1953 (includes The Commuter by Philip K. Dick):
Table of contents from Galaxy Science Fiction January 1953:
Table of contents from Galaxy Science Fiction October 1954:
Table of contents from Galaxy Science Fiction September 1954:
United States Copyright Catalog Entry for Registration Number RE0000190631:
Table of contents for IF, September 1952 (includes The Skull):
Table of contents for IF, March 1955 (includes War Veteran):
Table of contents for Imagination July 1953 (includes The Cosmic Poachers):
Table of contents for Science Fiction Adventures Magazine December 1953 (includes The Hanging Stranger):
Table of contents for Fantastic Universe’s June-July 1953 issue (includes Martians Come In Clouds by Philip K. Dick):
Table of contents for Future Science Fiction’s October 1954 issue (includes Meddler by Philip K. Dick):
Table of contents for the August 1963 Worlds of Tomorrow (includes All We Marsmen by Philip K. Dick – Part 1 of 3):
Table of contents for the October 1963 Worlds of Tomorrow (includes All We Marsmen by Philip K. Dick – Part 2 of 3):
Table of contents for the December 1963 Worlds of Tomorrow (includes All We Marsmen by Philip K. Dick – Part 3 of 3):
Table of contents for the December 1958 issue of Worlds Of If (includes Null-O by Philip K. Dick):
Table of contents for Worlds Of If April 1954 (includes The Golden Man by Philip K. Dick):
Table of contents for Worlds Of If – November 1954 (includes Progeny by Philip K. Dick):
Table of contents for If: Worlds Of Science Fiction – September 1953 (includes The Trouble With Bubbles by Philip K. Dick):
Table of contents for IF: Worlds Of Science Fiction – May 1954 (includes Prominent Author by Philip K. Dick):
Table of contents for Starling Stories Winter 1955 (includes Human Is by Philip K. Dick):
If Worlds Of Science Fiction, April 1955 – Table Of Contents (includes Captive Market by Philip K. Dick):
Fantastic Story Magazine, July 1953 – Table Of Contents (includes The Indefatigable Frog by Philip K. Dick):
Fantastic Universe October-November 1953 – Table Of Contents (includes Planet For Transients by Philip K. Dick and Some Kinds Of Life by Richard Phillipps [aka Philip K. Dick]):
Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1959 – Table Of Contents (Includes War Game by Philip K. Dick):
IF Worlds Of SF August 1954 Table Of Contents (includes Exhibit Piece by Philip K. Dick):
Galaxy Science Fiction November 1955 Table Of Contents (includes Autofac by Philip K. Dick):
Galaxy Science Fiction December 1963 (includes If There Were No Benny Cemoli by Philip K. Dick):
Beyond Fantasy Fiction – Table Of Contents – September 1953 (includes The King Of The Elves by Philip K. Dick):
Beyond Fiction Volume 2, Number 3, Issue #9 (1954) – Table Of Contents (includes Upon The Dull Earth by Philip K. Dick):
IF Worlds Of Science Fiction July 1959 – Table Of Contents (includes Recall Mechanism by Philip K. Dick):
Fantastic, February 1964 table of contents (includes Novelty Act by Philip K. Dick):
Fantasy Fiction, August 1953 – Table of contents (includes Out In The Garden by Philip K. Dick):
Startling Stories, Spring 1955 – Table of contents (includes Nanny by Philip K. Dick):
Planet Stories, January 1954 – Table of contents (includes The Crystal Crypt by Philip K. Dick):
Planet Stories, September 1952 – Table of contents (includes The Gun by Philip K. Dick):
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 (includes Foster You’re Dead by Philip K. Dick):
Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1953 -Table of contents (includes Roog by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, December 1953 – Table of contents (includes Project: EARTH by Philip K. Dick):
Amazing Stories, July 1954 – Table of contents (includes Breakfast At Twilight by Philip K. Dick):
Galaxy, February 1964 – Table of contents (includes Oh To Be A Blobel by Philip K. Dick):
Orbit, No.2 – Table of contents (includes Tony And The Beetles by Philip K. Dick):
Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1954 – Table of contents (includes A World Of Talent by Philip K. Dick):
Galaxy Science Fiction, June 1953 – Table of contents (includes Colony by Philip K. Dick):
RE0000562527 – renewals of All We Marsmen, Stand By, What’ll We Do With Ragland Park?, The Days Of Perky Pat, If There Were No Benny Cemoli, Oh To Be A Blobel, Waterspider, and Novelty Act:
Planet Stories, July 1952 – Table Of Contents (includes Beyond Lies The Wub by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, February 1953 – Table Of Contents (includes Piper In The Woods by Philip K. Dick):
Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1959 – Table Of Contents (includes Explorers We by Philip K. Dick):
Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1954 – table of contents (includes The Father-Thing by Philip K. Dick):
Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1952 – table of contents (includes The Little Movement by Philip K. Dick):
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Summer 1954 – table of contents (includes Time Pawn by Philip K. Dick):
Imaginative Tales, November 1955 – table of contents (includes Psi-Man Heal My Child! by Philip K. Dick):
Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1953 – table of contents (includes The Preserving Machine by Philip K. Dick):
If, August 1955 – table of contents (includes The Mold Of Yancy by Philip K. Dick):
If, September 1959 – table of contents (includes Fair Game by Philip K. Dick):
If, January 1954 – table of contents (includes Waterspider by Philip K. Dick):
Amazing Stories, November 1963 – table of contents (includes What’ll We Do With Ragland Park? by Philip K. Dick)
Amazing Stories, October 1963 – table of contents (includes Stand-By by Philip K. Dick):
Science Fiction Stories, #1 (1953) – table of contents (includes The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick):
Science Fiction Quarterly, February 1957 – table of contents (includes Misadjustment by Philip K. Dick):
Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1953 – table of contents (includes Expendable by Philip K. Dick):
Startling Stories, January 1954 – table of contents (includes A Present For Pat by Philip K. Dick):
Space Science Fiction, May 1953 – table of contents (includes Second Variety by Philip K. Dick):
Fantastic Universe, January 1954 – table of contents (includes Beyond The Door by Philip K. Dick):
ORBIT Science Fiction No. 5 – Table of contents (includes The Last Of The Masters by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, January 1953 – table of contents (includes Mr. Spaceship by Philip K. Dick):
Space Science Fiction, September 1953 – table of contents (includes The Variable Man by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, June 1953 – table of contents (includes Paycheck by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, December 1954 – table of contents (includes Strange Eden by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, February 1956 – table of contents (includes To Serve The Master by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, July 1955 – table of contents (includes The Chromium Fence by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, June 1955 – table of contents (includes The Hood Maker by Philip K. Dick):
Science Fiction Stories, January 1957 – table of contents (includes The Unreconstructed M by Philip K. Dick):
Imagination, October 1953 – table of contents (includes The Impossible Planet by Philip K. Dick):
Fantasy Fiction, June 1953 – table of contents (includes The Cookie Lady by Philip K. Dick):
Astounding, June 1953 – table of contents (includes Impostor by Philip K. Dick):
Fantastic Universe, October 1954 – table of contents (includes Souvenir by Philip K. Dick):
Fantastic Universe, July 1955 – table of contents (includes A Surface Raid by Philip K. Dick):
Fantastic Universe, January 1956 – table of contents (includes The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick):
Amazing, December 1953 – January 1954 – table of contents (includes The Builder by Philip K. Dick):
Time To Come edited by August Dereleth (1954) (includes Jon’s World by Philip K. Dick):
Future Science Fiction No. 29 (1956) – table of contents (includes Vulcan’s Hammer by Philip K. Dick):
Satellite Science Fiction, October 1956 – table of contents (includes Pay For The Printer by Philip K. Dick):
Satellite Science Fiction, December 1956 – table of contents (includes A Glass Of Darkness by Philip K. Dick):
Future Science Fiction, June 1954 – table of contents (includes Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick):
Planet Stories, May 1954 – table of contents (includes James P. Crow by Philip K. Dick):
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1954 – table of contents (includes Prize Ship by Philip K. Dick):
Posted by Jesse Willis
One of the shortest, if not the shortest, of all of Philip K. Dick’s many short stories. First published in 1953, in Science Fiction Stories #1, The Eyes Have It, is just a simple story about a literal man and the ridiculous alien invasion he imagines. It’s a silly little piece of fluff. A mere lighthearted thought experiment. Just a fun little story of no real account or import. In fact it’s barely …. wait one second … could it … ? …. what if … ? … HEY! That’s that just what they want you to think!!!
