The Variable Man by Dick, Philip K - 1957

Positronic Publishing, 7/13/2023 12:00:01 A. paperback. Good. 0.2400 in x 9.0000 in x 6.0000 in.

Aegypan, 2011. Trade Paperback Paperback. NEW/NOT ISSUED. • Binding: Trade Paperback • 2011 • New and free of remainder marks. •

MP3 Audio CD. 14.99 by Dick, Philip K., 1928-1982; Ebel, Alex, 1932-2013 [Illustrator]

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New York: Ace, 1957. Soft cover. Vg+. Ed Emsh. paper browning Ace D261 slight spine crack

ACE D SERIES, , (ORIGINAL 1957), first edition. D-261, very good , tight but spine split, nothing loose (COLLECTION OF 5 STORIES), paperback,

IDB Productions, 2016-01-01. MP3 CD. New. This item is a brand new factory sealed MP3 disc supplied in a DVD case

MP3 Audio CD. The Variable Man He fixed things--clocks, refrigerators, vidsenders and destinies. But he had no business in the future, where the calculators could not handle him. He was Earth's only hope--and its sure failure! Security Commissioner Reinhart rapidly climbed the front steps and entered the Council building. Council guards stepped quickly aside and he entered the familiar place of great whirring machines. His thin face rapt, eyes alight with emotion, Reinhart gazed intently up at the central SRB computer, studying its reading. "Straight gain for the last quarter," observed Kaplan, the lab organizer. He grinned proudly, as if personally responsible. "Not bad, Commissioner." "We're catching up to them," Reinhart retorted. "But too damn slowly. We must finally go over--and soon." Kaplan was in a talkative mood. "We design new offensive weapons, they counter with improved defenses. And nothing is actually made! Continual improvement, but… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. The Variable Man is one of Philip K. Dick?s early writings, published in 1953 before he even had a literary agent. It is also among the author?s best stories, republished in several collections since its first appearance and being continuously praised by critics and readers alike.The plot of the novella is typical K. Dick. The corrupt government of the Centurian Empire is trying to stop the expansion of the Terran system, which leads to a war between the Terrans and Proxima Centauri. Both sides are continuously developing new weapons and updating defense strategies, a situation and process that leads to a strange kind of balance, a continuous standoff in which the parties do nothing else but calculate odds, without a single shot being fired and with no real battles taking place.Terrans invent a bomb that Centauri can have no defense against, but they are unable to use it because their calculations regarding the chances of Terra to win the war become compromised by the existence of Thomas… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. The Variable Man is one of Philip K. Dick?s early writings, published in 1953 before he even had a literary agent. It is also among the author?s best stories, republished in several collections since its first appearance and being continuously praised by critics and readers alike.The plot of the novella is typical K. Dick. The corrupt government of the Centurian Empire is trying to stop the expansion of the Terran system, which leads to a war between the Terrans and Proxima Centauri. Both sides are continuously developing new weapons and updating defense strategies, a situation and process that leads to a strange kind of balance, a continuous standoff in which the parties do nothing else but calculate odds, without a single shot being fired and with no real battles taking place.Terrans invent a bomb that Centauri can have no defense against, but they are unable to use it because their calculations regarding the chances of Terra to win the war become compromised by the existence of Thomas… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. The Variable Man He fixed things--clocks, refrigerators, vidsenders and destinies. But he had no business in the future, where the calculators could not handle him. He was Earth's only hope--and its sure failure! Security Commissioner Reinhart rapidly climbed the front steps and entered the Council building. Council guards stepped quickly aside and he entered the familiar place of great whirring machines. His thin face rapt, eyes alight with emotion, Reinhart gazed intently up at the central SRB computer, studying its reading. "Straight gain for the last quarter," observed Kaplan, the lab organizer. He grinned proudly, as if personally responsible. "Not bad, Commissioner." "We're catching up to them," Reinhart retorted. "But too damn slowly. We must finally go over--and soon." Kaplan was in a talkative mood. "We design new offensive weapons, they counter with improved defenses. And nothing is actually made! Continual improvement, but… Read More