Title: Roog
Title Record # 58240
Author: Philip K. Dick
Date: 1953-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Philip K. Dick
Date: 1953-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: According to Philip K. Dick's story notes, collected in the Notes section of The Collected Stories Volume 1: Beyond Lies the Wub, "Roog" was his first short story to be sold, though not his first published story.
Synopsis: A loyal pet dog tries to protect his him from invaders who, each week, drive to the house to steal the valuable food his owners place outside in a special metal container.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1953 | 1953-02-00 | ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas | Fantasy House, Inc. | $0.35?$: US dollar |
132 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | George Gibbons |  |
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| The Others | 1969-00-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Fawcett Gold Medal | R2044 | $0.60?$: US dollar |
192 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Jerome Podwil | |
| The Preserving Machine | 1969-00-00 | Philip K. Dick | Ace Books (Ace SF Special, Series 1 #67800) | 67800 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
317 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon | |
| The Preserving Machine | 1970-01-00 | Philip K. Dick | Ace Books / SFBC | 2134 | 314 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon | |
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| The Preserving Machine and Other Stories | 1971-02-00 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) | 0-575-00562-9 | £1.60?£: UK pound |
252 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| Invaders from Space | 1972-00-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Hawthorn Books | $6.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 241 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Angela Arnet | |
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| The Preserving Machine and Other Stories | 1972-02-00 | Philip K. Dick | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | 178 | 252 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| The Preserving Machine and Other Stories | 1972-11-00 | Philip K. Dick | Pan Books | 0-330-23363-7 | £0.35?£: UK pound |
286 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | |
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| De onmogelijke planeet | 1976-00-00 | Philip K. Dick | Bruna (Bruna SF #40) | 90-229-9040-0 | 189 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Marion Crezée | |
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| The Preserving Machine | 1976-11-00 | Philip K. Dick | Ace Books | 67801 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
373 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | David Schleinkofer | |
| The Preserving Machine and Other Stories | 1977-00-00 | Philip K. Dick | Pan Books | 0-330-23363-7 | £0.70?£: UK pound |
286 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | |
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| The Best of Philip K. Dick | 1977-03-00 | Philip K. Dick | Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) | 0-345-25359-0 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 450 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Vincent Di Fate | |
| The Best of Philip K. Dick | 1978-03-00 | Philip K. Dick | Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) | 0-345-25359-0 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 450 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Vincent Di Fate | |
| Les délires divergents de Philip K. Dick | 1979-00-00 | Philip K. Dick | Casterman (Autres temps, autres mondes) | 2-203-22626-9 | 242 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Unearth, Winter 1979 | 1979-01-00 | ed. John M. Landsberg, Jonathan Ostrowsky-Lantz | Unearth Publications | $2.00?$: US dollar |
192 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Clyde Caldwell | ||
| Die besten Stories von Philip K. Dick | 1981-01-00 | Philip K. Dick | Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6712) | 3-8118-6712-1 | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
352 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Oliviero Berni | |
| Die seltsamen Welten des Philip K. Dick | 1984-00-00 | Uwe Anton | Corian (Edition Futurum #7) | 3-89048-207-4 | DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
160 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
non-fic | Bruno Stiegler | |
| Beyond Lies the Wub | 1987-05-00 | Philip K. Dick | Underwood-Miller | 0-88733-052-5 | $160.00?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 404 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| Beyond Lies the Wub | 1987-05-00 | Philip K. Dick | Underwood-Miller | 0-88733-053-3 | $125.00?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 404 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| The Preserving Machine | 1987-10-00 | Philip K. Dick | Grafton | 0-586-06938-0 | £3.50?£: UK pound |
413 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Chris Foss | |
| Dogtales! | 1988-09-00 | ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois | Ace Books | 0-441-15760-2 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
274 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth |
Hiro Kimura?きむらひろ
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| Beyond Lies the Wub | 1988-11-00 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz | 0-575-04407-1 | £12.95?£: UK pound |
[12]+ 404 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| A Máquina Preservadora, 1º volume | 1989-00-00 | Philip K. Dick | Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #387) | 217 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | A. Pedro | |||
| The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford | 1990-04-00 | Philip K. Dick | Citadel Twilight | 0-8065-1153-2 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 404 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Kevin Kelly | |
| Beyond Lies the Wub | 1990-05-00 | Philip K. Dick | Grafton | 0-586-20764-3 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
510 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Chris Moore | |
| Invaders! | 1993-12-00 | ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois | Ace Books | 0-441-01519-0 | $4.50?$: US dollar |
241 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Joan Pelaez | |
| Le presenze invisibili. Volume primo | 1994-06-00 | Philip K. Dick | Interno Giallo / Mondadori (IperFICTION) | 88-04-38520-0 | Lit 32,000?Lit: Italian lira |
490 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Giovanni Mulazzani | |
| Nouvelles 1947-1952 | 1994-10-00 | Philip K. Dick | Denoël?Denoel (Présences?Presences ) |
2-207-24065-7 | 756 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Elrik , Frank Ronan | ||
| 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories | 1996-09-00 | ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Barnes & Noble Books | 0-7607-0142-3 | $7.98?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 544 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Cheryl Knippenburg | |
| Und jenseits — das Wobb | 1998-00-00 | Philip K. Dick | Haffmans | 3-251-20275-8 | DM 36.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
363 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Nikolaus Heidelbach | |
| Beyond Lies the Wub | 1999-08-12 | Philip K. Dick | Millennium / Victor Gollancz | 1-85798-879-5 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
[6]+ 404 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Chris Moore | |
| Der unmögliche Planet | 2002-07-00 | Philip K. Dick | Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #13656) | 3-453-21731-4 | €12.95?€: Euro |
831 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Hauptmann & Kompanie Werbeagentur | |
| The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford | 2002-07-00 | Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press | 0-8065-1153-2 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
404 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Kevin Kelly | |
| Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick | 2002-11-00 | Philip K. Dick | Pantheon Books | 0-375-42151-3 | $25.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 476 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick | 2002-11-00 | Philip K. Dick | Pantheon Books / SFBC | 54693 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 476 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick | 2003-09-00 | Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing | 0-8065-2630-0 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
[18]+ 404 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Paul Bachem | |
Der unmögliche Planet?Der unmoegliche Planet |
2004-00-00 | Philip K. Dick | Heyne | 3-453-21731-4 | €12.95?€: Euro |
830+ [2] |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Hauptmann & Kompanie Werbeagentur | |
| Der unmögliche Planet | 2007-00-00 | Philip K. Dick | Heyne | 978-3-453-21731-7 | €12.95?€: Euro |
830 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Hauptmann & Kompanie Werbeagentur | |
| Human Is? | 2007-03-00 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz | 978-0-575-08034-8 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
438 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Sue Michniewicz | |
| Und jenseits — das Wobb | 2008-01-00 | Philip K. Dick | Zweitausendeins (Haffmans Verlag bei Zweitausendeins) | 978-3-86150-808-3 | €14.90?€: Euro |
640 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Urs Jakob | |
| Human Is? | 2008-09-18 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz / Orion | 978-0-575-08583-1 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Sue Michniewicz | ||
| The King of the Elves | 2011-01-00 | Philip K. Dick | Subterranean Press | 978-1-59606-340-2 | $40.00?$: US dollar |
487 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bill Sienkiewicz | |
| The King of the Elves | 2011-01-00 | Philip K. Dick | Subterranean Press | 978-1-59606-339-6 | $60.00?$: US dollar |
487 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bill Sienkiewicz | |
アジャストメント?Ajasutomento |
2011-04-25 |
フィリップ・K・ディック?Firippu K. Dikku |
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō (Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼう ハヤカワショボウ ハヤカワ文庫SF?Hayakawa Bunko SF #1805) |
978-4-15-011805-1 | ¥940?¥: Japanese yen |
466 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll |
土井宏明?Doi Hiroaki
どい ひろあき |
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| Und jenseits — das Wobb | 2012-08-00 | Philip K. Dick | Zweitausendeins (Haffmans Verlag bei Zweitausendeins) | 978-3-86150-808-3 | 640 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Urs Jakob | |
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| Invaders! | 2013-03-25 | ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois | Baen | 978-1-62579-119-1 | $4.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Ron Miller | ||
| Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick | 2013-04-16 | Philip K. Dick | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 978-0-544-04060-1 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick | 2013-04-16 | Philip K. Dick | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 978-0-544-04054-0 | $28.00?$: US dollar |
xii+ 466 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Corbis | |
| Dogtales! | 2013-06-15 | ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois | Baen | 978-1-62579-142-9 | $4.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Ron Miller | ||
Krótki szczęśliwy żywot brązowego oksforda?Krotki szczesliwy zywot brazowego oksforda |
2014-06-04 | Philip K. Dick | Dom Wydawniczy Rebis | 978-83-7818-536-9 | zł 59.90?zł: Polish zloty |
623 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Wojciech Siudmak | |
| Beyond Lies the Wub | 2014-08-28 | Philip K. Dick | Gateway / Orion | 978-1-4732-0666-3 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| The King of the Elves | 2015-12-02 | Philip K. Dick | Brilliance Audio | 978-1-4558-1470-1 | $19.99?$: US dollar |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
coll | |||
| Ein kleines Trostpflaster für uns Temponauten | 2016-05-00 | Philip K. Dick | Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Klassik) | 978-3-596-90567-6 | €11.99?€: Euro |
395 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Carla Nagel | |
| Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick | 2016-07-26 | Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing | 978-0-8065-3796-2 | $16.00?$: US dollar |
404 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
アジャストメント?Ajasutomento |
2017-11-30 |
フィリップ・K・ディック?Firippu K. Dikku |
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼう ハヤカワショボウ |
¥742?¥: Japanese yen |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll |
土井宏明?Doi Hiroaki
どい ひろあき |
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| The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick | 2022-01-22 | Philip K. Dick | $3.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |
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| The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume 1 | 2023-09-14 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz | 978-1-399-61123-7 | £10.99?£: UK pound |
624 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
| The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume 1 | 2023-09-14 | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz | 978-1-399-61124-4 | £10.99?£: UK pound |
624 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | ||
| Beyond Lies the Wub | date unknown | Philip K. Dick | Millennium / Orion | 1-85798-879-5 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
[6]+ 404 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Chris Moore | |
| Beyond Lies the Wub | date unknown | Philip K. Dick | Grafton | 0-586-20764-3 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
510 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Chris Moore | |
| Beyond Lies the Wub | date unknown | Philip K. Dick | Grafton | 0-586-20764-3 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
510 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Chris Moore | |
| Beyond Lies the Wub | date unknown | Philip K. Dick | HarperCollins (UK) | 0-586-20764-3 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
510 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Chris Moore | |
| Human Is? | date unknown | Philip K. Dick | Gollancz / Orion | 978-0-575-08034-8 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
438 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Sue Michniewicz | |
| Invaders from Space | date unknown | ed. Robert Silverberg | Hawthorn Books | $6.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 241 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Angela Arnet |