Subterranean Press to Publish New Editions of Philip K. Dick's Stories

Posted on April 19, 2010

Subterranean Press announced that they have reached an agreement with the Philip K. Dick Trust to publish new editions of Philip K. Dick's collected stories. Subterranean says the new editions "will include one previously unpublished story, one tale that wasn't included in the first edition of the collected set, as well as a number of expanded story notes."

Subterranean press says ordering information for volume one, The King of the Elves, will be available soon.

On a related note, the winner of the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award was recently announced. The winning novel is Bitter Angels by C.L. Anderson (Ballantine Spectra).

Update: New information about the first volume, The King of the Elves, has been revealed. It is the first of what will be a five-volume edition of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick.It contains 22 stories and novellas.

Subterranean Press says, "This generous collection contains 22 stories and novellas including Dick’s first published story, 'Beyond Lies the Wub,' together with such landmark tales as 'The Preserving Machine,' in which an attempt to preserve our fragile cultural heritage takes an unexpected turn, “The Variable Man,' a brilliantly imagined novella encompassing war, time travel, and the varied uses of technology, and the title story, in which Shadrach Jones, owner of a dilapidated gas station in Colorado, stumbles into an ongoing war between trolls and elves, and encounters a fantastic — and utterly unexpected — destiny. "

A list of the included stories can be found on subterraneanpress.com.