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 2008-01-12.