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The Trouble with Bubbles
"The Trouble With Bubbles" is a 1953 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick. The story is set in a future where mankind has attempted to reach other intelligent lifeforms through space exploration, and found nothing. In light of this yearning to connect with other lifeforms, people can buy a plastic bubble known as a ''Worldcraft'', the tagline of which reads "Own Your Own World!". The owner of the ''Worldcraft'' is able to create a whole universe, controlling all the variables inherent to its development. Within the universe, lifeforms just like humans exist.
In the story we see Nathan Hull, the protagonist, attending a contest to judge who has created the best ''Worldcraft'' universe. A contestant subsequently smashes and destroys her bubble after being announced the winner. Hull, feeling the immorality of the control owners have over the lives within the bubbles, works to have laws passed against creating any more ''Worldcrafts''. At the end of the story, Hull is traveling through an underground tunnel recently connected to Asia when an unexpected earthquake kills scores of people.
The story first appeared in ''If'' magazine, September 1953, and was first printed in book form in ''Second Variety'', volume two of the five-volume ''The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick'', in 1987.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bibliography: The Trouble with Bubbles )〕
==See also==
* Simulated reality
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