# Minority Report by PKD shortstory text?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minority-report-by-pkd-shortstory-text/147816>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 10, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minority-report-by-pkd-shortstory-text/147816 "2003-01-10T21:19:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minority-report-by-pkd-shortstory-text/147816/1 "2003-01-10T21:19:46Z")

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I’m curious what PKD’s full text read, and I can’t find a copy of the short story online. I may end up going to the library to look for a collection of his stories but I’m a lazy college student and I would like to be able to have it off the net. Anyone know where I should check?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minority-report-by-pkd-shortstory-text/147816/2 "2003-01-10T21:29:09Z")

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Phillip K. Dick was reduced to eating dogfood and that was when people were **buying** his stories.

Now you want to be able to read his work without paying.

Yes, he’s dead, but if you respect an author, you should at least be considerate enough to make sure he can earn a living.

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**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minority-report-by-pkd-shortstory-text/147816/3 "2003-01-10T23:11:08Z")

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I’m not trying to cheat his estate out of money, I was going to use the library anyways.

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**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minority-report-by-pkd-shortstory-text/147816/4 "2003-01-11T01:40:59Z")

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Don’t know about online, but it’s in **The Philip K. Dick Reader** and there was a collection released around when the movie came out called Minority Report, And Other Stories (or something to that effect). So in books, you’ll find it in more than one place.

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**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minority-report-by-pkd-shortstory-text/147816/5 "2003-01-11T03:00:35Z")

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Thanks, then I’m off to the library!

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minority-report-by-pkd-shortstory-text/147816/6 "2003-01-11T05:01:50Z")

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RealityChuck writes:

\> Phillip K. Dick was reduced to eating dogfood and that was  
\> when people were buying his stories.

Kleo Mini, Dick’s wife at the time this supposedly happened, says that no such thing ever happened. Dick’s stories about his life can’t be trusted. Incidentally, the story is also in _The Complete Stories of Philip K. Dick_, which many libraries have.