The Unreconstructed M

"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, David Lantano, 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]

"In effect, with "The Unreconstructed M" PKD had terminated his career as a short-story science fiction writer. He wished now to become a writer of mainstream or literary novels, many of which he wrote in the five years between 1955 and 1964".[6]

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.
  6. ^ "THE UNRECONSTRUCTED M". philipdick.com. Retrieved December 17, 2025.


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