Philip - Libros y biografía

When the McLean family wakes up on a foggy weekday morning, they have no idea that the world around them has changed overnight. After soldiers burst through their front door from the dusty and desolate...

With the technology to delve through time, “dipping” into the future has been strictly forbidden, but an unorthodox experiment operating outside of government protocols breaks this taboo. Determined only...

In the near future, after the world powers have collapsed, those who were once the disenfranchised now make up the ruling classes on earth. When Bard Sung-wu is sent to investigate disturbances among...

Twenty-second century historian George Miller is completely dedicated to his job studying the history and culture of the twentieth century, and has even created an accurate replica of a twentieth-century...

When bizarre creatures begin plaguing a small farming town, a man from the nearby radioactive science laboratory is sent to investigate and deal with the problem.Philip K. Dick was an American science-fiction...

The DCA is a government agency tasked with tracking down humans born with superhuman mutations, all of whom are considered a threat to the continued survival of the human race. But even seasoned veterans...

Peterson, a crew member from a spaceship visiting Mars, purchases a giant, pig-like creature called a wub. Although Captain Franco means to make a meal of the strange beast, the wub proves to be likeable...

When a group of men crash to the surface of an alien planet, they are hemmed in on all sides by a deadly, un-crossable bog. Attacked by an unknown enemy, the group grows increasingly uncertain as the...

A man is brought into the future during the midst of an intergalactic war, when government computers can predict the outcome of the conflict. However, when this man from the past is factored into the...

When Larry Thomas purchases a cuckoo clock for his wife he finds that he is woefully unprepared for what awaits beyond the door of the clock. Philip K. Dick was an American science-fiction novelist, short-story...

Conger is given a chance to be released from prison on the condition that he completes one job—he must travel back in time and kill a man who, if allowed to live, will later change the world. Philip K....

A group of space soldiers are sent to investigate what they believe to be an abandoned planet when they are shot down and forced to crash land on its surface. While repairing their ship, they discover...

A smart play on common English idioms, “The Eyes Have It” tells of a narrator who discovers hidden references to an invading alien race between the covers of his paperback book.Philip K. Dick was an American...

In the aftermath of a devastating nuclear war between the United Nations and the Soviet Union, sophisticated robots—nicknamed “claws”—are created to destroy what remains of human life. Left to their own...

In the distant future, when Earth and Mars are on the verge of war, the last Earthmen departing the red planet are held up by Martian soldiers searching for three saboteurs who destroyed an entire Martian...

When Ed Loyce heads to work at his TV repair shop, he is startled to find the dead body of a complete stranger hanging from a lamp post outside. But when he calls attention to the morbid display, the...

In a distant future where humans are at war with an alien species called the Yuks, scientists have developed the ultimate weapon—a spacecraft controlled by a human brain.Philip K. Dick was an American...

Henry Harris, an army doctor, is startled when a solider returns from a mission on an asteroid claiming to be a plant. When several more men return from the same asteroid also claiming to be plants, Harris...

A commentary on racism, “Tony and the Beetles” takes place in a colony world where Terra has been oppressing the Beetles of Orion for decades. But when Terra suffers a major defeat at the hands of the...

After a devastating war between the United States and the Soviet Union mankind has taken refuge beneath Earth’s surface. But the war continues above ground, with robots called “leadys” fighting on our...

Anyone who has ever cursed a computer will benefit from Zen Computer, with its soothing approach to living calmly amid the constant upheavals of new technology. In a simple, easy-to-read style, Philip...

The stories within SECOND VARIETY were written between 1952 and 1955, while America was in the grip of McCarthyism.The concerns of the time are reflected in stories such as Second Variety, which tells...

Après huit ans d’attente, Seth Morley reçoit son autorisation de transfert sur la planète Delmak-O. Il s’y retrouve avec une douzaine d’autres scientifiques originaires de tous les points de la galaxie....

Stuart Hadley a tout pour être heureux : une belle maison, une femme aimante, un travail épanouissant. Et pourtant, heureux, il ne l’est pas. Ce rêve américain tant vanté, nourri aux mamelles du consumérisme...

Injustifiable au regard du droit international, la guerre que mène Poutine contre l’Ukraine constitue la plus grande remise en question de l’ordre mondial depuis 1945. À la tête des juristes, universitaires...

Johannes Vemeer, a 17th century artist, is recognised primarily for his genre scenes. Through meticulous precision in his paintings and drawings he achieves perfection and maximum impact. Unlike his predecessors,...

Johannes Vemeer, a 17th century artist, is recognised primarily for his genre scenes. Through meticulous precision in his paintings and drawings he achieves perfection and maximum impact. Unlike his predecessors,...

Textes et déclarations des Black Panthers. Des documents d'époque qui éclairent un des épisodes les plus marquants de la lutte de libération noire américaine et l’un des mouvements sociaux qui auront...

Dans l'histoire de la France, les femmes, et avant tout les reines, ont souvent régné sur le cœur et l'esprit de leur peuple, bien qu'elles n'aient pas toujours exercé le pouvoir. Pendant quinze siècles,...

Nous sommes en 2050, et la Terre est entièrement sous la coupe de Ganymédiens. Enfin presque, car dans les monts du Tennessee, des rebelles menés par l’intraitable Percy X résistent encore à l’envahisseur....