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The SkullPhilip K. Dick

The Skull

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Original author: Philip K. Dick

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"The Skull" by Philip K. Dick is a science fiction short story first published in 1952. A prisoner named Conger is offered freedom if he completes an impossible mission: travel back in time to kill a man who died two centuries earlier. Armed only with the victim's skull for identification, Conger journeys to the past to prevent the rise of a world-changing movement. But as he prepares to complete his assignment, he makes a devastating discovery about his own identity and destiny.

The Skull, by Philip K. Dick. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #30255.

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