The Gun by Philip K. Dick, Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy

The Captain peered into the eyepiece of the telescope. He adjusted the focus quickly. "It was an atomic fission we saw, all right," he said presently. He sighed and pushed the eyepiece away. "Any of you who wants to look may do so. But it's not a pretty sight." "Let me look," Tance the archeologist said. He bent down to look, squinting. "Good Lord!" He leaped violently back, knocking against Dorle, the Chief Navigator. But when they got there, nothing moved or stirred. Everything was silent, dead. Only the gun showed signs of life . . . and the trespassers had wrecked that for all time. The return journey to pick up the treasure would be a cinch . . .

Author: Philip K. Dick
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Aegypan
Published: 05/01/2011
Pages: 26
Weight: 0.12lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.06d
ISBN: 9781606645635

About the Author
Dick, Philip K.: - "Philip Kindred Dick (1928 - 1982) was an American writer whose published works mainly belong to the genre of science fiction. Dick explored philosophical, sociological and political themes in novels with plots dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments and altered states of consciousness. In his later works, Dick's thematic focus tended to reflect his personal interest in metaphysics and theology."