This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1953 and
we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
'Small Town' is a short story about a man with godlike power over two
towns. Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago,
Illinois. Dick and his family moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco
when he was young, and later on to Washington DC following his parents
divorce. Dick attended Elementary school and then a Quaker school before
the family moved back to California. It was around this time that Dick
began to take an active interest in the science fiction genre, reading
his first magazine 'Stirring Science Stories', at age twelve. Dick
married five times between 1959 and 1973, and had three children. He
sold his first story in 1951 and from that point on he wrote full-time,
selling his first novel in 1955. In addition to 44 published novels,
Dick wrote an estimated 121 short stories, most of which appeared in
science fiction magazines during his lifetime. In addition to 44
published novels, Dick wrote an estimated 121 short stories, most of
which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. After
his death, many of his stories made the transition to the big screen,
with blockbuster films such as Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority
Report being based on his works.
