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"We Can Remember It for You Wholesale"
by Philip K. Dick

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Publishing Data

First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1966
Collected in The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, ed. Arthur B. Evans et al.

Preview
A man who undergoes a memory transplant discovers hidden real memories.
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Navigation Guide
Characterize Douglas Quail.
Why does Quail seem to be obsessed about traveling to Mars? Why is he really obsessed about traveling to Mars?
What is Interplan?
Characterize Douglas's wife Kirsten.
Characterize the relationship between Douglas and Kirsten. Is she genuine or is she an Interplan agent?
Characterize Mr. McClane.
Explain what Douglas is supposed to receive with the extra-factual memory implant from Rekal.
McClane says that actual memory is not as good as the implanted memory he is selling. Why? Do you agree?
What happens when Quail undergoes the memory implant procedure?
Why was Quail's real memory of Mars erased? What other memories have been erased from Quail?
What is the significance of the story's title?
 
 
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Further Exploration
This story is the inspiration for the film Total Recall (1990)
 
 
 
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