I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (collection)

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I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
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Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author Philip K. Dick
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date
1985
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages179
ISBN 0-385-19567-2
OCLC 11574322
813/.54 19
LC Class PS3554.I3 I2 1985

I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon is a book by American writer Philip K. Dick, a collection of 10 science fiction short stories and one essay. It was first published by Doubleday in 1985 and was edited by Mark Hurst and Paul Williams. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines Fantasy and Science Fiction , Worlds of Tomorrow, Amazing Stories , Interzone , Rolling Stone College Papers, The Yuba City High Times, Omni and Playboy .

Contents

Contents

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon for White Dwarf #75, and stated that "There may be no more Dick collections, so bag this one." [1]

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References

  1. Langford, Dave (March 1986). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf . No. 75. Games Workshop. p. 6.
  2. "Title: I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon".

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