It’s Philip K. Dick central this week, with a new collection of short stories and slew of rejackets to add to your growing library. 

SELECTED STORIES OF PHILIP K. DICK. Contains twenty-one of Dick’s most dazzling and resonant stories, including  ”The Minority Report,” the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie, and “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,” the basis for the film Total Recall. With an introduction by Jonathan Lethem, Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a magnificent distillation of one of American literature’s most searching imaginations. 

CLANS OF THE ALPHANE MOON by Philip K. Dick. The Alphane moon may be full of people with clinical disorders, but are the “normal” people who are supposed to cure them really any saner? 

DEUS IRAE by Philip K. Dick. In this collaboration with Roger Zelazny, an armless and legless painter must undertake a pilgrimage through a nuclear war-ravaged America in a search for the God of Wrath, whose picture he has been commissioned to paint. 

DR. FUTURITY by Philip K. Dick. When a doctor is taken into a future where death is embraced by society, he is the only one who can save a time-traveling revolutionary. 

GALACTIC POT-HEALER by Philip K. Dick. A powerful and enigmatic alien recruits humans and aliens to help it restore a sunken cathedral in this touching and hilarious novel. 

A MAZE OF DEATH by Philip K. Dick. A sci-fi murder mystery set on a mysterious planet, with a twist ending that leaves the reader wondering just what they’ve been witnessing the whole time.

OUR FRIENDS FROM FROLIX 8 by Philip K. Dick. This satirical adventure from Philip K. Dick deals with issues of power, class, and politics, set in a world ruled by big-brained elites. But one man went to space to find help, and now he is returning with it—a giant, indestructible alien blob. 

A little fiction, a little non; a debut, a seasoned pro, and your favorite country man. One thing all these books have in common: achy breaky hearts.  

TOMORROW THERE WILL BE APRICOTS by Jessica Soffer. From a debut author already praised by Colum McCann as a “profound and necessary new voice” comes a novel about two women adrift in New York—an Iraqi Jewish widow and the latchkey daughter of a chef—who find each other and a new kind of family through their shared love of cooking. 

THE VIEW FROM PENTHOUSE B by Elinor Lipman. Two sisters recover from widowhood, divorce, and Bernie Madoff as unexpected roommates in a Manhattan apartment in the latest from Elinor Lipman, “the last urbane romantic” (Julia Glass). 

I CAN’T COMPLAIN: All Too Personal Essays by Elinor Lipman.A winning collection of essays about home, love, cooking, politics, and the writing life from the acclaimed novelist. 

HILLBILLY HEART: A Memoir by Billy Ray Cyrus. From country music legend Billy Ray Cyrus, a revealing book about faith, family, and the power of music. From his turbulent childhood in Kentucky to the trials and tribulations of raising a family, Hillbilly Heart shines a revealing light on one of country music’s most enduring icons. 

Happy reading!

It’s time for a history lesson! Get ready for an Anne Boleyn you never knew, and a celebration of the golden age of running. 

THE CREATION OF ANNE BOLEYN:  A New Look at England’s Most Notorious Queen by Susan Bordo. A ground-breaking retelling and reclaiming of Anne Boleyn’s life and legacy from a preeminent cultural thinker puts old questions to rest and raises some surprising new ones.

KINGS OF THE ROAD: How Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, and Alberto Salazar Made Running Go Boom by Cameron Stracher. For fans of The Perfect Mile and Born to Run, a riveting, three-pronged narrative about the golden era of running in America—the 1970s—as seen through the fascinating lives and careers of running greats, Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, and Alberto Salazar. 

BLUE ASYLUM by Kathy Hepinstall. Now in paperback. In the midst of the American Civil War, a southern plantation owner’s wife is arrested by her husband and declared insane for interfering with his slaves. She is sent to an island mental asylum to come to terms with her wrongdoing, but instead finds love and escape with a war-haunted Confederate soldier. 

KILL OR CAPTURE: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency by Daniel Klaidman. Now in paperback. From one of the most respected investigative journalists in Washington, a revelatory look at the Obama administration’s internal workings, showing the fractures, competing cliques, and, ultimately, the deepest divides within the president’s own mind as he has struggled to define national security policy differently than his predecessor. 

Happy reading!

Kirkus’s Best Books of 2012 fiction list has been announced and includes three of our own favorites:

ILLUMINATIONS: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen by Mary Sharratt

THE YEAR OF THE GADFLY: A Novel by Jennifer Miller

ACCIDENTS OF PROVIDENCE by Stacia Brown

For the full list, click here, and stay tuned for the nonfiction announcement on December 3! 

Three classics from beloved science fiction writer Philip K. Dick are available today in all new editions: THE CRACK IN SPACE, THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, and THE PENULTIMATE TRUTH

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