The Eye of the Sibyl (collection)

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The Eye of the Sibyl

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Cover of the first edition
Author Philip K. Dick
Cover artist Kevin Kelly
Country United States
Language English
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Citadel Twilight
Publication date
1992
Media type Print (paperback)
Pages 395
ISBN 0-8065-1328-4
OCLC 26613988

The Eye of the Sibyl is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Citadel Twilight in 1992 and reprints Volume V of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick , omitting the story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale". Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines Worlds of Tomorrow, Galaxy Science Fiction , Amazing Stories , Fantasy and Science Fiction , Famous Science Fiction, Niekas , Rolling Stone College Papers, Interzone , Playboy , Omni and The Yuba City High Times.

Science fiction genre of fiction

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"The Hanging Stranger" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, originally published in December 1953 in the magazine Science Fiction Adventures. It has been reprinted in several anthologies, and published in French, Italian and German. It was adapted by Dee Rees into the episode "Kill All Others" or "K.A.O." for the 2017 television series, Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams. A book was also released to republish "The Hanging Stranger" along with the nine other stories on which the Electric Dreams episodes were based.

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Charles N. Brown American science fiction editor

Charles Nikki Brown was an American publishing editor, the co-founder and editor of Locus, the long-running news and reviews magazine covering the genres of science fiction and fantasy literature. Brown was born on June 24, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York. He attended City College until 1956, when he joined the military at age 18; Brown served in the United States Navy for three years. Following his discharge from navy service, he went to work as a nuclear engineer but later on changed careers and entered the publishing field; Brown became a full-time science fiction editor with Locus in 1975.