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P. K. DICK
I HOPE
I SHALL ARRIVE SOON
& OTHER STORIES
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All of the characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,
is purely coincidental.
"How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later" and "Strange Memories of
Death" copyright (c) 1985 by The Estate of Philip K. Dick.
"The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford" first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and
Science Fiction, January 1954.
"Explorers We" first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1959.
"Holy Quarrel" first appeared in Worlds of Tomorrow, May 1966.
"What'll We Do with Ragland Park?" first appeared in Amazing, November 1963.
"The Alien Mind" first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1981.
"The Exit Door Leads In" first appeared in Rolling Stone College Papers, Fall 1979.
"Chains of Air, Web of Aether" first appeared in Stellar Science-Fiction Stories #5, Del Rey
Books, 1980.
"Rautavaara's Case" first appeared in Omni, October 1980.
"I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon" first appeared (as "Frozen Journey") in Playboy, December 1980.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: HOW TO BUILD A UNIVERSE THAT DOESN'T FALL APART TWO
DAYS LATER by Philip K. Dick
THE SHORT HAPPY LIFE OF THE BROWN OXFORD
EXPLORERS WE
HOLY QUARREL
WHAT'LL WE DO WITH RAGLAND PARK?
STRANGE MEMORIES OF DEATH
THE ALIEN MIND
THE EXIT DOOR LEADS IN
CHAINS OF AIR, WEB OF AETHER
RAUTAVAARA'S CASE
I HOPE I SHALL ARRIVE SOON
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INTRODUCTION:
HOW TO BUILD A UNIVERSE
THAT DOESN'T FALL APART TWO DAYS LATER
by Philip K. Dick
First, before I begin to bore you with the usual sort of things science fiction writers say in
speeches, let me bring you official greetings from Disneyland. I consider myself a spokesperson for
Disneyland because I live just a few miles from it-and, as if that were not enough, I once had the
honor of being interviewed there by Paris TV.
For several weeks after the interview, I was really ill and confined to bed. I think it was the
whirling teacups that did it. Elizabeth Antebi, who was the producer of the film, wanted to have me
whirling around in one of the giant teacups while discussing the rise of fascism with Norman Spinrad
... an old friend of mine who writes excellent science fiction. We also discussed Watergate, but we
did that on the deck of Captain Hook's pirate ship. Little children wearing Mickey Mouse hats-
those black hats with the ears-kept running up and bumping against us as the cameras whirred
away, and Elizabeth asked unexpected questions. Norman and I, being preoccupied with tossing