The Days of Perky Pat (collection)

For the short story for which this collection is named, see The Days of Perky Pat.

The Days of Perky Pat

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	Philip K. Dick
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction short stories
Publisher	Gollancz
Publication date	1990
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	380 pp
ISBN	0-575-04756-9
OCLC	59199340

The Days of Perky Pat is a collection of science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Gollancz in 1990 and reprints Volume IV of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick. It had not previously been published as a stand-alone volume. The stories had originally appeared in the magazines Galaxy Science Fiction, Science Fiction Stories, If, Fantastic Universe, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fantastic, Worlds of Tomorrow, Escapade and Amazing Stories.

Contents

• How Do You Know You’re Reading Philip K. Dick?, by James Tiptree, Jr.
• "Autofac"
• "Service Call"
• "Captive Market"
• "The Mold of Yancy"
• "The Minority Report"
• "Recall Mechanism"
• "The Unreconstructed M"
• "Explorers We"
• "War Game"
• "If There Were No Benny Cemoli"
• "Novelty Act"
• "Waterspider"
• "What the Dead Men Say"
• "Orpheus with Clay Feet"
• "The Days of Perky Pat"
• "Stand-by"
• "What'll We Do with Ragland Park?"
• "Oh, to Be a Blobel!"
• Notes