The Hanging Stranger, Philip K. Dick
The Hanging Stranger, Philip K. Dick
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The Hanging Stranger
A Corpse in the Square, and No One Cared

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Scott Miller

Unabridged: 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/21/2021

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick - Ed had always been a practical man, when he saw something was wrong he tried to correct it. Then one day he saw it hanging in the town square. From the lamppost something was hanging. A shapeless dark bundle, swinging a little with the wind. Like a dummy of some sort. Loyce rolled down his window and peered out. What the hell was it? A display of some kind? Sometimes the Chamber of Commerce put up displays in the square.Again he made a U-turn and brought his car around. He passed the park and concentrated on the dark bundle. It wasn't a dummy. And if it was a display it was a strange kind. The hackles on his neck rose and he swallowed uneasily. Sweat slid out on his face and hands.

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

“The Hanging Stranger”—one of the Philip K. Dick stories chosen for the Amazon series Electric Dreams—is a haunting political allegory about desensitization and social control. It is also scary classic sci-fi thriller, a paranoid repast spiced up a few generous shakes of insect fear. First published......more

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean

The Hanging Stranger is a short story by Philip K. Dick, which was written in 1953. It is the fourth story in the collection “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams”, compiled in 2017, after the television series of the same name. The Hanging Stranger was adapted for filming by Dee Rees, and the episode w......more

Goodreads review by mark

Paranoia will destroy ya even if you're right about what you're being paranoid over. Like say the mutilated stranger hanging from a lamppost in the middle of the town square that apparently bothers no one. This short story distills all that made Dick a fascinating and exciting author in the early pa......more

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