Phil Chenevert
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These are 2 much praised stories by the master of quirky stories, Philip K. Dick. First published in Planet Stories (1954), "The Crystal Crypt" is classic Dick, presenting you with a narrative that seems yawningly familiar, and then...an unexpected detail is revealed, a detail that changes the meaning of everything you have seen. it is an entertaining and surprising story which I would recommend to any science fiction reader.
Beyond
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It was a 400 pound slobbering, disgusting blob with tiny piggy eyes that peered dimly out at the world, perpetually looking for a place to lie down and sleep- but maybe it was good to eat? The crew of the spaceship had never seen anything like it before but they were desperate for anything to eat on their return trip. Everything else they had rounded up was on the scrawny side but at least they looked like something a civilized person might eat. But...
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Ed Loyce lives a happy and normal life is a happy and normal small town in mid America. But today something strange happens. In the late evening, on his way to work at his TV sales and repair shop he passes the tiny one block park in the middle of town and sees something hanging from the only lamp post, something big, almost like a body. Of course it must be something else, probably an ad of some sort or a joke. Not able to discern exactly what it...
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