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"The Commuter" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in the August-September 1953 issue of Amazing Stories. It has been reprinted over 20 times, including Croatian, Dutch, French, German and Italian translations. [1] As with much of Dick's fiction, it is an exploration of the boundary of existence. [2]
‘The Commuter’ is an early short story by Philip K. Dick (1928-82), which appeared in the science-fiction magazine Amazing in 1953. The short story is perhaps best categorised and analysed as an alternative history story, so it qualifies as ‘fantasy’ in the broad sense of the definition.
First published in Amazing (August-September 1953), Commuter is the kind of thing Philip K. Dick does best: he explores the squirmy, ungraspable nature of alternate reality, demonstrates how we never know what’s really happening even at the moment when we are most closely paying close attention.
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"The Commuter" tells of a town that isn’t there; and then it is. But when one town seeps into existence does another one fade away? And what about the wife and kids?
"The Commuter" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in the August-September 1953 issue of Amazing Stories. It has been reprinted over 20 times, including Croatian , Dutch , French , German and Italian translations. [1]
"The Commuter" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in the August-September 1953 issue of Amazing Stories. It has been reprinted over 20 times, including Croatian, Dutch, French, German and Italian translations. As with much of Dick's fiction, it is an exploration of the boundary of existence. Plot
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