For the collection of stories by Philip K. Dick named after this story, see The Variable Man (collection).
"The Variable Man" is a science fiction novella by American writer Philip K. Dick, which he wrote and sold before he had an agent.[1] It was first published in the British magazine Space Science Fiction (British version) Vol. 2 No. 2, July 1953, and in the American version on September 1953, with the US publication illustrated by Alex Ebel.[2][3] Despite the magazine cover dates it is unclear whether the first publication was in the UK or in the United States where magazines tended to be published farther ahead of their cover dates than in the UK.[4][5]The Variable Man can be found in several collections of Dick's short stories, including The Variable Man and The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford.
^Rickman, Gregg (1989), To The High Castle: Philip K. Dick: A Life 1928-1963, Long Beach, Ca.: Fragments West/The Valentine Press, p.388 ISBN 0-916063-24-0
^Levack, Daniel (1981). PKD: A Philip K. Dick Bibliography, Underwood/Miller, p. 131 ISBN 0-934438-33-1
^Stephensen-Payne, Phil; Benson, Jr., Gordon (1992), Philip Kindred Dick, Metaphysical Conjurer: A Working Bibliography, Galactic Central, Volume 18 (4th Revised Edition), UK and US: Galactic Central, p. 27 ISBN 1-871133-42-4
^Levack, Daniel (1981). PKD: A Philip K. Dick Bibliography, Underwood/Miller, p. 131 ISBN 0-934438-33-1
^Stephensen-Payne, Phil; Benson, Jr., Gordon (1992), Philip Kindred Dick, Metaphysical Conjurer: A Working Bibliography, Galactic Central, Volume 18 (4th Revised Edition), UK and US: Galactic Central, p. 27 ISBN 1-871133-42-4
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