Philip K Dick

In a classic work of alternate history, the United States is divided up and ruled by the Axis powers after the defeat of the Allies during World War II.

Jason Taverner-world-famous talk show host and man-about-town-wakes up one day to find that no one knows who he is-including the vast databases of the totalitarian government. And in a society where lack of identification is a crime, Taverner has no choice but to go on the run with a host of shady characters, including crooked cops and dealers of alien drugs. But do they know more than they are letting on? And just how can a person's identity be erased...

VALIS is the first novel in a mesmerizing, science-fiction philosophical trilogy by Philip K. Dick, the Hugo Award—winning author of The Man in the High Castle and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, the basis for the film Blade Runner. "Dick is one of the ten best American writers of the twentieth century, which is saying a lot. Dick was a kind of Kafka steeped in LSD and rage."* What is VALIS? When a beam of pink light begins giving a schizophrenic...

In Beyond Lies the Wub, the crew of a spaceship buys a wub, a large pig-like animal from a native Martian to eat on the way home. The Wub turns out to be a sentient being capable of intelligent conversation, empathy, and possibly telepathy and mind control. When a crew member converses with the remarkable Wub, the captain makes a rash and violent decision that could put the return mission in danger.

The third volume in the Science Fiction MEGAPACK® series collection 26 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, including a complete novel by H. Beam Piper! Included in this volume are:

"The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity," by Fritz Leiber
"Time Bum," by C.M. Kornbluth
"The Human Equations," by Dave Creek
"The Gun," by Philip K. Dick
"Not Stupid Enough," by George H. Scithers
"Jackpot," by E.C. Tubb

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