# The Eyes Have It

**Author:** Philip Dick
**Tags:** Science fiction, Humorous stories, Short stories
**Price:** Free
**Formats:** DOCX, EPUB, FB2, PDF, TXT
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**Added:** 10.07.2026
**URL:** https://samolit.com/books/96212

## Description

In Philip K. Dick's witty short story, "The Eyes Have It," a casual read of a paperback novel quickly escalates into a full-blown alien invasion for an unsuspecting protagonist. What begins as an idle afternoon with a book transforms into a chilling discovery of extraterrestrial life, meticulously detailed in the most unexpected of places: common idiomatic expressions. The narrator becomes convinced that phrases like "his eyes roved about the room" or "she gave him her heart" are not mere figures of speech, but literal descriptions of a bizarre alien race with detachable body parts and unusual social customs. As the narrator pieces together this horrifying "truth," the line between reality and paranoid delusion blurs, offering a humorous yet unsettling exploration of perception, language, and the unsettling possibilities lurking beneath the surface of everyday life. Join this bewildered individual on a journey where the mundane becomes monstrous, and the most innocent of sentences harbor the secrets of an interstellar takeover.