Review: The Good and the Bad about this collection!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 6, 2013
First off the good.  If you've never read Phillip K. Dick before and want to get a feel of his work, this is a good place to start.  Most of the stories are interesting and you can get right into them.  Unfortunately, if you've read any of the Science Fiction Megapacks put out by this publisher, then you might be disappointed with the collection.  I quickly identified five stories that had already been published in the above series.  They are BEYOND LIES THE WUB, THE CRYSTAL CRYPT, THE GUN, THE HANGING STRANGER, HE SKULL, and MR. SPACESHIP.  All are great stories, and I might say amongst the best in the collection however I was disappointed that the publisher decided to recycle these to fill out the collection.Overall, I enjoyed the book.  Besides the stories above I enjoyed EXHIBIT PIECE, SECOND VARIETY (which became the movie Screamers), THE EYES HAVE IT (short but humorous), and THE SKULL.So for those thinking of buying this book, there is some good in the collection and some bad.  If you don't mind that a third of the collection is rehashed from other collections, go for it.  If you do...pick something else.  Your choice.  I still enjoyed reading it.