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Title: Beyond the Door

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Chris Lutkin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-19-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Classic

Publisher's Summary:

In "Beyond the Door", a man buys a cuckoo clock for his wife who has always wanted one. When he catches her cheating on him, the man throws his wife out of the house with her lover. Though he never really cared for the clock, he keeps winding it because he dislikes the silence. But the cuckoo clock, who preferred the wife's company, begins to plot against its owner.

Members Reviews:

Pretty darn good.

Good story...also lots of excellent lessons, and a good reminder not to be mean. Like most of PKD's stories, there's lots of invention here. In some ways, this author is a bit like Stephen King, although PKD's style is much less descriptive.

A Strange Science Fiction. Short Story!

Philip K. Dick scores again with a short story that is bound to leave you more than a little shaken. Do we really have nothing to fear from little hand made machines?

Four Stars

OK. we're all probably nuts anyway. Thanks PKD.

Pretty Good

I've only read a few of Dick's stories, and Beyond the Door is not the best. The plot is a bit simple for my taste, but it does have an interesting surreal quality. Nevertheless, it is perfectly serviceable.

Weak, but quirky.

This is a short, quirky story available free for Amazon Kindle. Although the material is neither groundbreaking nor deeply profound, I think you will find it a bit compelling to follow it through. As other reviewers have said, it reads like a Twilight Zone episode and tries for the flashy finale. A big shortcoming is that the material is not well-fleshed out.