A routine trip to Mars turns out to be anything but when a ship headed back to earth allows one last passenger aboard. That's...really all I can say about the story "Beyond lies the Wub" by Philip K. Dick.
Few authors can boast the sci-fi pedigree of Philip K. Dick. Even if you've never read one of his books, you've heard one of his stories. Blade Runner, Total Recall, The Man in the High Castle, Scanner Darkly, Minority Report, and The Adjustment Bureau make up just some of the stories that have been turned into major, and in many cases iconic, motion pictures and TV shows.
Today's story is one of his very early ones. It's a story of the distant future, when humanity makes regular trips to Mars and beyond, where we think we understand our solar system and our universe. We'll see that the universe is always one step beyond our imagination...and beyond our control.
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Music:
"Harbor" by Kai Engel
"Imminence" by Kai Engel
"Scenery" by Kai Engel
"Nocturne Op27 No1" by Podington Bear
Theme song and other music by Breakmaster Cylinder
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Time Enough at Last: One for the Books
Nikolai Gogol: Nose Goes
Edgar Allan Poe: Comorbid
Tolstoy: The Long Way Home
Philip K. Dick: Fallout
Sherlock Holmes: Dealbreaker
Alexander Pushkin: A Sure Thing
The Most Dangerous Game: The Hunted
E.M. Forster: Bit Rot
Arsène Lupin: The Gentleman
Edgar Allan Poe: The Masquerade
The Pale Man: Room 201
Philip K. Dick: Inhuman
Sherlock Holmes: The League
Monte Cristo: Wait and Hope (part 6 of 6)
Monte Cristo: A Million Secrets (part 5 of 6)
Monte Cristo: No Ordinary Man (part 4 of 6)
The Tempest: Brave New World (Part 2 of 2)
The Tempest: All the Devils are Here (part 1 of 2)
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