Prize Ship, Philip K. Dick
Prize Ship, Philip K. Dick
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Prize Ship
Someone had to try out the captured enemy ship. Unfortunately no one knew where it would go. Or when.

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: philip chenevert

Unabridged: 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/05/2023

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

It is outrageous! A tiny moon, Ganymede, with no military to speak of is holding all the other planets of the Sol system hostage. The other planets of the system are impotent to do anything because Ganymede controls the cradles from which all support for the new colonies on Proxima Centauri must begin. No one saw this coming and frustrations and accusations are flying. One tiny ray of hope that appears is the unexpected capture of an experimental Ganymedean ship. With only 5 days before capitulation could this provide a way around or out of the problem? Could this ship give a way to get supplies to the colonies before they starve? Come along as a scratch crew tries this strange and weird craft.

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 Bill on November 07, 2019

This short story, first published in Thrilling Wonder Stories (1954), tells of a Terran space crew who, in time of war, capture an experimental Ganymedean ship and decide to take it for a test drive. Soon they find themselves in an Earth-like environment, being shot at with arrows by tiny little men......more

Goodreads review by Chris on April 11, 2026

Entertaining short story......more

Goodreads review by Poncho on December 29, 2023

la nave de gaminedes sencillo......more

Goodreads review by Tony on October 07, 2025

scifi, short story, by a master; not his best......more

Goodreads review by Austin on April 12, 2018

It is really shocking just how many separate ideas PKD had. Almost all of them amazing! Spacemen capture a mysterious new ship that goes "forward" or "backward".......more