The Unreconstructed M

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"The Unreconstructed M" is a science fiction novelette by Philip K. Dick, first published in the January 1957 issue of Science Fiction Stories and later in The Minority Report.[1][2] The story is in the public domain.[3]

In it, an independent researcher, Leroy Beam, uncovers a plot to falsify evidence in a world where the technology used to solve crimes has advanced.[4] The name of the main character in "The Unreconstructed M" would reappear in Dick's novel 1964 The Penultimate Truth.[5]

References

  1. "THE UNRECONSTRUCTED M". Philip K. Dick Fan Site.
  2. Henri Wintz (2008). "The Unreconstructed M (1957)". Philip K. Dick Bibliography.
  3. Jesse Willis (June 26, 2012). "The Unreconstructed M by Philip K. Dick is PUBLIC DOMAIN". SFFaudio.
  4. Dick, Philip K. (1991). "The Unreconstructed M". The Minority Report. The Collected Short Stories of Philip K. Dick. Vol. 4. Carol Publishing Group. pp. 117–146. ISBN 0-8065-1276-8.
  5. "The unreconstructed man: the fiction of Philip K. Dick" (PDF). livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk. July 29, 1988.