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33 Sci-Fi Stories by Philip K. Dick as Free Audio Books & Free eBooks

Philip K. DickOpen Culture has put together a list of Philip K Dick stories freely available for download. This includes 33 eTexts in a variety of formats such as PDF, epub and Mobi formats. Seven of these are also available in audio formats for your listening pleasure.

33 Sci-Fi Stories by Philip K. Dick

Robot concept art from Elysium by WETA concept artist Aaron Beck

Robot head from Aaron Beck's concept art for ElysiumWETA artist Aaron Beck has worked on Avatar and District 9. If you're looking for interesting artwork to stoke your imagination, he has a blog post including dozens of his concept art images for Elysium including 20 robots, 9 synthetic organisms, and a dozen weapons, along with cars, characters and fight scenes.

The Hyperloop is down...speculative fiction by Crave's Eric Mack

Eric Mack, from CNET's Crave, wrote a two piece story using today's news to speculate on what the futre might look like a decade or two from now. Worth a few minutes read to see what he thinks about a few things. Especially with humor like this:

With all my high-speed transport options out of commission for the day, I should be posting my own angry EEG GIF showing my brainwaves mashed up with some vintage footage from an old Dwayne Johnston flick, back before he was elected, before his groundbreaking presidency united the American and Canadian states (largely to allow for American drone fleets to better protect Arctic borders from polar pirates) and led to the annexation of Mexico, back when -- for some reason -- everyone simply called him "The Rock."

Part 1: The Hyperloop is down and I'm late for work
and part 2: Smart wig on and lightsaber packed, I visit the future.

Enjoy.

A Woman Sold for Her Brains and Body

"And this, Mr. Trupp, is our greatest gem."

The attendant led the woman...no, girl this time...by the hand as she had the others. Warren wondered if this 'demo mode' hurt them or if they were even aware of the time passing.

As with the others, the attendant brought her into the room, told her to twirl and sat her on the sofa opposite him. Mr. Lomen reached up to caress her cheek with two fingers. The girl did not flinch or even seem to notice his presence.