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This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1954 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Adjustment Team' is a short story that was eventually adapted into the film 'The Adjustment Bureau' in 2011. Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. Dick and his family moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco when he was young, and later on to Washington Dc following his parents divorce. Dick attended Elementary school and then a Quaker school before the family moved back to California. It was around this time that Dick began to take an active interest in the science fiction genre, reading his first magazine 'Stirring Science Stories', at age twelve. Dick married five times between 1959 and 1973, and had three children. He sold his first story in 1951 and from that point on he wrote full-time, selling his first novel in 1955. In addition to 44 published novels, Dick wrote an estimated 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. In addition to 44 published novels, Dick wrote an estimated 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. After his death, many of his stories made the transition to the big screen, with blockbuster films such as Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report being based on his works.
- Sales Rank: #1332089 in Books
- Published on: 2015-12-01
- Released on: 2015-12-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .11" w x 5.50" l, .15 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 44 pages
About the Author
One of the greatest authors of the 20th century, with a career spanning 3 decades and 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film; notably: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly. Dick won the Hugo Award in 1963 and was inducted into the SF Hall of Fame in 2005, and in 2007 he was the first science fiction to be published by the Library of America.
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73 of 74 people found the following review helpful.
Little in common with the movie, but a decent story for the price.
By Richard Mansfield
I was fortunate enough to get passes to see The Adjustment Bureau tonight, which is loosely based on Philip K. Dick's story "Adjustment Team." Five minutes before we were to leave for the theater, I read on IMDB that the movie was based on this story. I reached for my Kindle, and ran a search on Amazon for the movie title and found the Kindle version of the short story. I've read a number of PKD's stories in the past, but not this one. Like most movies based in PKD's stories (such as Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, etc.) there is usually very little in the original story that is identifiable in the movie. Adjustment Team/Bureau is no exception, but it's a pretty good read anyway.
The story could be read easily in one setting, but while my wife drove us to the theater, I read half of the story out loud, and then finished it when we got back. The movie deals with bigger issues of personal destiny and God's sovereignty, but the story primarily focuses on the overarching plan of history that is kept in place by the Adjustment Team. The protagonist in the story is already married, unlike Matt Damon's character in the movie who is obsessed with a woman with whom he feels he is destined to be.
This is not PKD's greatest story, but it is always interesting to see how a story such as this can spark an idea for a much more complex movie, such as The Adjustment Bureau. This will not be a long read, but at [...] cents, you're not out much, and the original story is fairly decent in it's own right--even if it does sport a talking dog!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
The short story was conceptually great but its shortness left one wanting more
By Magyar Gastronome
The short story was conceptually great but its shortness left one wanting more. The movie Adjustment Bureau fulfilled that requirement well but the film strayed from Dick's concept. For me it is the film that was rewarding and entertaining. Full marks to to Dick for the concept.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
A lot of favorites in this one
By Kat Hooper
Philip K. Dick wrote 121 short stories over his career, mostly for science fiction magazines. Subterranean Press has been collecting them in chronological order over several volumes. The first volume, The King of the Elves, contained 22 stories spanning the years 1947-1952. This second volume, Adjustment Team, covers the years 1952-1953 and includes 27 stories with notes that make up approximately 488 pages.
Many of these stories use themes that were common in 1950s SF shorts -- space exploration, the cold war, racism, xenophobia, and the fear of atomic war and radiation. Like the stories of Ray Bradbury and other popular writers of the time, Dick's stories are full of spaceships, aliens, Soviets, cigarettes, bad marriages, a disdain for 1950s psychology, and high-heeled housewives in aprons. You'll also notice other favorite themes of Philip K. Dick: what's behind reality, playing God through world-building, a vision of a post-robopocalyptic ash-covered Earth, and what it means to be human.
Most of the stories in this volume were new to me and I enjoyed all but one or two of them. My favorites were:
* Second Variety -- A frighteningly realistic-feeling robopocalypse. This haunting story was the basis for the movie Screamers (1995) and one of the best in the collection.
* Jon's World -- A fascinating idea about parallel universes and a criticism of the practice of lobotomy.
* Some Kinds of Life -- One of several anti-war stories in this collection. This one asks what we're really fighting for.
* The Commuter -- Two different realities seem to be colliding. This is a common theme for PKD, and one he does really well.
* A Surface Raid -- One of several stories which imagine a post-war Earth covered in ash with a few remaining humans living underground. All of these ash-Earth stories are terrific. And scary.
* Project: Earth -- Another common theme for PKD: Who is God?
* The Trouble with Bubbles -- "World-building is the ultimate art form." Another story about gods.
* Human Is -- A wonderful look at what it means to be human. I saw the ending twist coming, but this was still one of my favorite stories.
* Adjustment Team -- The basis for the movie The Adjustment Bureau (2010), this is one of several entertaining looks at a possible "back-end" of reality.
* The Impossible Planet -- Another post-apocalyptic cautionary tale which starts with a chuckle and ends with a chill. A beautiful story -- one of the best in the collection.
* Impostor -- Another robot story, and the basis of the film Impostor (2002).
* Survey Team -- This tale about the destruction of Earth has an interesting suggestion about where we came from.
* Prominent Author -- This is another story with a common PKD theme, but I won't mention which one, so as not to spoil the surprise ending. This is one of the few whose ending I didn't see coming and which I would actually consider "mind-bending."
Well, that's a lot of favorites, I guess, but I had a hard time narrowing them down because this collection has so many great stories. Many felt dated and I could anticipate the ending of most of them, but that's because I have, in 2011, the benefit of 60 more years of science fiction literature at my back than Dick's first readers did. Even so, I loved this collection.
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume Two: Adjustment Team (1952-1953) is an absolute must-have volume for any serious PKD fan, but it's also a great place to start for anyone who wants to become better acquainted with the work of this prolific and highly esteemed science fiction writer.
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