Beyond Lies the Wub (collection)

Beyond Lies the Wub

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	Philip K. Dick
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Gollancz
Publication date	1988
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	404
ISBN	0-575-04407-1
OCLC	18070610

Beyond Lies the Wub is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Gollancz in 1988 and later comprised Volume I of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines Fantasy and Science Fiction, Planet Stories, If, Galaxy Science Fiction, Imagination, Space Science Fiction, Fantastic Story Magazine, Amazing Stories, Future, Cosmos, Fantasy Fiction, Beyond Fantasy Fiction, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Startling Stories. The collection was reprinted by Citadel Press in 2003 under the title Paycheck and Other Classic Stories.

Contents

• Preface, from a letter to John Betancourt
• Introduction, by Roger Zelazny
• "Stability"
• "Roog"
• "The Little Movement"
• "Beyond Lies the Wub"
• "The Gun"
• "The Skull"
• "The Defenders"
• "Mr. Spaceship"
• "Piper in the Woods"
• "The Infinites"
• "The Preserving Machine"
• "Expendable"
• "The Variable Man"
• "The Indefatigable Frog"
• "The Crystal Crypt"
• "The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford"
• "The Builder"
• "Meddler"
• "Paycheck"
• "The Great C"
• "Out in the Garden"
• "King of the Elves"
• "Colony"
• "Prize Ship"
• "Nanny"
• Notes

References

• Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)". Retrieved 2008-01-11.