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A review by librarian_of_trantor
Minority Report and Other Stories by Philip K. Dick
2.0
I have found that many of PKD's stories have not aged well. But I was curious about this collection since it included a number of stories that were adapted to films. "Minority Report" film was much better than the story. "Pre-Crime" was the same in both but the end of the story was much different in the film. "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" was interesting but rather different from both the film versions "Total Recall". In the story Douglas Quaid (spoiler alert) was really a spy like in the film but does not go back to Mars. Instead there is another real memory involving stopping an alien invasion buried even deeper that the spy on Mars memories. I can't compare "Paycheck" the story with the film of the same name because I have never seen film. But in the story the owner of company talks about how when his daughter marries there will be someone to take over the company (because a woman could never run a company). Likewise I can't compare the story "Second Variety" with the film version "Screamers" because I have not seen the film. But the story, with its UN vs Russia post apocalyptic storyline is very dated. And the plot twist ending was obvious before it happened. The last story "The Eyes Have It" was shortest and I think has kept its edge. As far as I know it was not made into a film. And I would say it could not be because it is too dependent on misinterpreting idioms like "the eyes have it".