About the collection
The books listed on this website are all part of a private collection and are not for sale. If you are interested in any of these titles or have questions about editions listed on this site, feel free to contact me. I like to talk about them.
This collection grew out of two obsessions that turned out to be the same obsession: Philip K. Dick and dystopian literature. The books here ask what happens when systems of governments, institutions, technologies, and realities themselves turn against the people they were supposed to serve. The answers are rarely comforting.
What began as a handful of first editions has become something more serious, an endless attempt to map the history of dystopian fiction, from its earliest precursors through its twentieth-century flowering and into its contemporary forms. There are many well-known titles here. There are also books that have been almost entirely forgotten, which are sometimes the most interesting ones.
A longer personal sketch on the origins of this collection, the experience of collecting rare books, and what it means to spend years looking carefully at literature that imagines the worst, will be published here when it is ready.
“What does a scanner see? Into the head? Down into the heart?”
Questions about specific editions, conditions, or provenance are always welcome.
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