Enjoyed several of the stories - short stories are not my favorite medium, generally, but Philip K. Dick definitely specialized in the short story/novella/novelette length, and uses it to good effect. Just enough detail and background to whet to the appetite, to satisfy some curiosity, to feel realized and thoughtful, but still tight and to the point. Minority Report is quite good, and I enjoyed the comedic final story of the collection, a 7 minute comical meditation on idiomatic phrases. I also found the premise of Second Variety very familiar, satisfying and intriguing, thought the twist ending was obvious to me from very early on.

I also enjoyed that this collection had a bit of a theme - thought in the past tense (memory), and thought in the future tense (The Minority Report and Pre-Crime). It helped it hang together nicely. One story about a man waning more interesting memories to feel fulfilled, one story about a man realizing he has no memory of the past 2 years of his life and what he did for work.

I went in suspicious of all the accolades for Philip K. Dick - this is the first time I've directly read his work, and I came out pleasantly surprised - he's still never going to be my favorite speculative writer, but his writing and creativity are better than I expected, and I found myself more interested in the stories than I expected.

One criticism of the audiobook - on Libby, the tracks are just labeled "Track 1, Track 2" etc., so it's quite difficult to tell when you've started a new story. Since Dick's narrator style is pretty consistent, and the audiobook reader remains the same, it's a bit of a challenge to tell what story you're in.