Gather Yourselves Together

Name: Gather Yourselves Together
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Philip K. Dick
ISBN: 9798894864143

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: John Skelley

Unabridged: 12 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/06/2026

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Gather Yourselves Together is one of Philip K. Dick’s earliest novels, written when he was just twenty-four years old. It tells the story of three Americans left behind in China by their employer, biding their time as the Communists advance. As they while away the days, both the young and naïve Carl Fitter and the older and worldly Verne Tildon vie for the affections of Barbara Mahler, a woman who may not be so tough-as-nails as she acts. But Carl’s innocence and Verne’s boorishness could end up driving Barbara away from both.

About Philip K. Dick

Over a writing career that spanned three decades, PHILIP K. DICK (1928–1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralized power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned to deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film, notably Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly, as well as television's The Man in the High Castle. The recipient of critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout his career, including the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards, Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005, and between 2007 and 2009, the Library of America published a selection of his novels in three volumes. His work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma on October 20, 2020

Philip K Dick's debut novel is a bit dull unfortunately. Probably why it remained unpublished during his lifetime. Wouldn't recommend. 2.5 stars.......more

Goodreads review by Erich on August 30, 2012

Gather Yourselves Together is one very weird and strange book; bizarre would be a good word to describe the story too, but not in the traditional Dickian bizarre fashion, only because it is one of Phil Dick's mainstream novels, but a weird one none the less. For an even stranger reason I actually en......more

Goodreads review by Jack on August 09, 2012

My Philip K. Dick Project Entry #23 - Gather Yourselves Together (written June 1952, published posthumously June 1994) In the course of this project, I’ve done my best to read through Dick’s works in the order of composition. However, this book, Gather Yourselves Together, was out of print until a ne......more

Goodreads review by serprex on January 19, 2020

21, 89 missing period 164 she been before 180 Verne go up 220 He blond hair 296 while - white 272 solder - soldier Not tight. Often a character will think something, then say that something. & the casual dialogue isn't distilled, full of characters talking around their humming & hawing. So many times aski......more

Goodreads review by Nicoletta - on July 27, 2022

Libro scritto intorno ai 20 anni, tra il 1948 e il 1950 e mai pubblicato in vita, probabilmente il primo di Dick. Curioso che il Wikipedia americano sottolinei diverse analogie con l'ultima sua produzione (L'Esegesi e Valis), in special modo il trattato etico di Carl= Esegesi; il parallelismo tra dec......more