Souvenir, Philip K. Dick
Souvenir, Philip K. Dick
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Souvenir

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Scott Miller

Unabridged: 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scott Miller

Published: 04/13/2023

Synopsis

Souvenir by Philip K. Dick - A hideous nightmare seemed the culture of Williamson's World–to men who knew nothing of beauty."Here we go, sir," the robot pilot said. The words startled Rogers and made him look up sharply. He tensed his body and adjusted the trace web inside his coat as the bubble ship started dropping, swiftly and silently, toward the planet's surface,This–his heart caught–was Williamson's World. The legendary lost planet–found, after three centuries. By accident, of course. This blue and green planet–the holy grail of the Galactic System, had been almost miraculously discovered by a routine charting mission.

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 March 09, 2019

First published in Fantastic Universe (October 1954), “Souvenir” is a thoughtful, tragic tale of the clash of two incompatible cultures. Dick fairly presents the attractions and dangers of both of them, and suggests that such conflicts are inevitable, no matter to what lengths we go to engineer them......more

Goodreads review by P.E. on March 25, 2020

Un recueil qui comporte 2 courts essais et 7 nouvelles : Le nazisme et le Haut Château = Nazism and the High Castle La schizophrénie et le Livre des Changements = Schizophrenia & the Book of Changes Rajustement = Adjustment Team Interférence = Meddler Souvenir = Souvenir Progéniture = Progeny Sur la terre......more

Goodreads review by Chris on June 15, 2020

Short and to the point. War has been solved by enforcing complete galactic uniformity at all costs. Instant sharing of all discoveries via galactic transmission. Any sources of difference are made to conform or be destroyed. War must be avoided at all costs.......more

Goodreads review by Shhhhh on November 13, 2018

Trail of tears, space opera style? The infectiousness of an idea is certainly an interesting takeaway here, but I'm not sure I like the characterization of the future as being composed of blindly homogeneous hegemony.......more

Goodreads review by Léna on October 17, 2013

Excellent. Ces nouvelles font réfléchir tant sur les infinies possibilités qu'offre le futur que sur le fondement de la nature humaine. Hormis les deux premières nouvelles (plutôt des essais je dirais), "Le nazisme et le Haut Château" et "La schizophrénie et le Livre des Changements", ce recueil se d......more

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