The Little Black Box (collection)

The Little Black Box

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	Philip K. Dick
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Gollancz
Publication date	1990
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	395
ISBN	0-575-04845-X
OCLC	22627626

The Little Black Box is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Gollancz in 1990 and reprints Volume V of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick . It had not previously been published as a stand-alone volume. 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.

Contents

• Introduction, by Thomas M. Disch
• "The Little Black Box"
• "The War with the Fnools"
• "A Game of Unchance"
• "Precious Artifact"
• "Retreat Syndrome"
• "A Terran Odyssey"
• "Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday"
• "Holy Quarrel"
• "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale"
• "Not By Its Cover"
• "Return Match"
• "Faith of Our Fathers"
• "The Story to End All Stories for Harlan Ellison’s Anthology Dangerous Visions"
• "The Electric Ant"
• "Cadbury, the Beaver Who Lacked"
• "A Little Something for Us Tempunauts"
• "The Pre-persons"
• "The Eye of the Sibyl"
• "The Day Mr. Computer Fell out of its Tree"
• "The Exit Door Leads In"
• "Chains of Air, Web of Aether"
• "Strange Memories of Death"
• "I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon"
• "Rautavaara's Case"
• "The Alien Mind"
• Notes

References

• Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)" . Retrieved January 12, 2008.