Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities

Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities: The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick

File:Robots androids and mechanical oddities.jpg Cover of the first edition
Author	Philip K. Dick
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction short stories
Publisher	Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date	1984
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	ix, 261 pp
ISBN	0-8093-1159-3
OCLC	9970357
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 19
LC Class	PS3554.I3 A6 1984

Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities: The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick is a collection of science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick. It was first published by the Southern Illinois University Press in 1984 and was edited by Patricia S. Warrick and Martin H. Greenberg. The stories had originally appeared in the magazines Fantasy and Science Fiction, Galaxy Science Fiction, Space Science Fiction, Astounding, Future, Orbit, Science Fiction Stories, Imagination, Amazing Stories, Rolling Stone College Papers and Playboy.

Contents

• Introduction, by Patricia S. Warrick & Martin H. Greenberg
• "The Little Movement"
• "The Defenders"
• "The Preserving Machine"
• "Second Variety"
• "Impostor"
• "Sales Pitch"
• "The Last of the Masters"
• "Service Call"
• "Autofac"
• "To Serve the Master"
• "War Game"
• "A Game of Unchance"
• "The Electric Ant"
• "The Exit Door Leads In"
• "Frozen Journey" (Title changed to "I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon".)