Volume 3 of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, titled The Father-Thing, was originally published in 1954 and reissued as an electronic edition by RosettaBooks in 2002 (ISBN 0-7953-0750-0). This digital edition features cover art and an eForeword contributed by RosettaBooks.
The title story centers on one of Dick's most visceral explorations of suburban paranoia: the replacement of a father by an alien duplicate, a theme that resonates with Cold War anxieties about infiltration and the unknowability of those closest to us. The volume gathers Dick's mid-career science fiction short stories showcasing his characteristic themes of identity, paranoia, and the nature of reality.
The RosettaBooks electronic edition represents an important moment in the digital publishing history of Dick's work, making his short fiction available in e-book format early in the digital reading era. The Father-Thing story itself was later adapted for the Electric Dreams television anthology series.