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    Beyond the Door
    Beyond the Door
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    Beyond the Door

    By Philip K. Dick

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJun 1, 2007
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    Philip K. Dick

    Over a writing career that spanned three decades, PHILIP K. DICK (1928–1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralized power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned to deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film, notably Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly, as well as television's The Man in the High Castle. The recipient of critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout his career, including the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards, Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005, and between 2007 and 2009, the Library of America published a selection of his novels in three volumes. His work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

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      Beyond the Door - Philip K. Dick

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Beyond the Door, by Philip K. Dick

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      Title: Beyond the Door

      Author: Philip K. Dick

      Release Date: April 30, 2009 [EBook #28644]

      Language: English

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      Did you ever wonder at the lonely life the bird in a cuckoo clock has to lead—that it might possibly love and hate just as easily as a real animal of flesh and blood? Philip Dick used that idea for this brief fantasy tale. We're sure that after reading it you'll give cuckoo clocks more respect.

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      Larry Thomas bought a cuckoo clock for his wife—without knowing the price he would have to pay.

      That night at the dinner table he brought it out and set it down beside her plate. Doris stared at it, her hand to her mouth. My God, what is it? She looked up at him, bright-eyed.

      Well, open it.

      Doris tore the ribbon and paper from the square package with her sharp nails, her bosom rising and falling. Larry stood watching her as she lifted the lid. He lit a cigarette and leaned against the wall.

      A cuckoo clock! Doris cried. A real old cuckoo clock like my mother had. She turned the clock over and over.

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