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The title story, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon, is an brilliant archetypal PDK short story. Reading it, I can't help but think of Ubik, one of my favorite PKD stories. It features a man who must endure ten years of being mentally conscious while trapped inside his unconscious body, due to a faulty cryogenic suspension chamber aboard the interstellar ship he's travelling on. The ship's computer attempts to stimulate his memories, to keep his mind from deteriorating over such a prolonged period without any external stimulus. However, his own neuroses make re-living memories a challenge and generally unpleasant, and ultimately risk his ability to distinguish them from reality and thus his sanity.