Synopsis
People become addicted to a game called Worldcraft, where they create and evolve their own miniature worlds.
History
First publication: If, September 1953
Review
There are a lot of things I could nit-pick with this story, with the basic concept even. But the idea of universes being atoms in greater universes is one that has persisted in SF literature. With Philip Dick it became a cornerstone of his thinking. This is the first story where he really digs into his ideas that we are being manipulated by beings from other universes/realities, so this story becomes a very important one in Dick’s bibliography. Recommended.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, trade paperback, Citadel/Kensington, 2017-02-00
If: Worlds of Science Fiction, September 1953, edited by James L. Quinn, magazine, Quinn Publishing, 1953-09-00
