The Golden Man (collection)

For the Philip K. Dick story for which this collection is named, see The Golden Man.

The Golden Man

Cover of the first edition
Author	Philip K. Dick
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction short stories
Publisher	Berkley Books
Publication date	1980
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	337 pp
ISBN	0-425-04288-X
OCLC	6687762

The Golden Man is a collection of science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Berkley Books in 1980. The stories had originally appeared in the magazines If, Galaxy Science Fiction, Beyond Fantasy Fiction, Worlds of Tomorrow, Science Fiction Stories, Orbit Science Fiction, Future, Amazing Stories and Fantasy and Science Fiction

Contents

• Foreword, by Mark Hurst
• Introduction, by Philip K. Dick
• "The Golden Man" (1954)
• "Return Match" (1967)
• "The King of the Elves" (1953)
• "The Mold of Yancy" (1955)
• "Not By Its Cover" (1968)
• "The Little Black Box" (1964)
• "The Unreconstructed M" (1957)
• "The War with the Fnools" (1964)
• "The Last of the Masters" (1954)
• "Meddler" (1954)
• "A Game of Unchance" (1964)
• "Sales Pitch" (1954)
• "Precious Artifact" (1964)
• "Small Town" (1954)
• "The Pre-persons" (1974)
• Story Notes
• Afterword

Reception

Thomas M. Disch reported that the collection included a wide range of work, from some of Dick's best to outright "turkeys", concluding "Dick is of that stature where even his failures merit publication."