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Donate Philip K. Dick Books — Free Albuquerque Pickup

Clearing out a PKD shelf? Don't sort it, don't price it, don't toss it. I take the whole collection free — the novels, the stories, the old Ace Doubles — and you never have to wonder whether that battered paperback or plain hardcover is a scarce first.

I accept Philip K. Dick donations anywhere in the Albuquerque metro with free pickup — the whole collection: the novels (The Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik, A Scanner Darkly, VALIS), the story collections, the old Ace Double paperbacks, and the posthumous and Library of America volumes. You don't sort or price anything. Bring it all, including the scarce early editions you might not recognize; Dick's Doubleday and Putnam firsts are hard to find and worth thousands, so I check everything and the rest funds New Mexico literacy.

Published June 2026 · By Josh Eldred, New Mexico Literacy Project

Dick has become one of the most influential and collected science-fiction writers there is — the source of Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, and a shelf of others — so PKD collections turn up regularly, usually a deep run of paperbacks with a few hardcovers mixed in. Most people clearing them just want the shelf cleared and don't want to throw out something a collector would prize. That's exactly what I'm for: I take the whole thing, free, and I check every book.

What I take: all of it

The novels

The Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik, A Scanner Darkly, Flow My Tears the Policeman Said, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Martian Time-Slip, VALIS and the late "VALIS trilogy," and the mainstream novels published after his death.

Stories & the Ace Doubles

The short-story collections (The Preserving Machine, the five-volume Collected Stories), and the early Ace Double paperback originals where several of his first novels appeared (Solar Lottery, The World Jones Made, and others) — the format collectors hunt for.

Posthumous & scholarly

The Exegesis, the Library of America volumes, the letters, the biographies, and the film tie-in editions. Any printing, any condition.

Yes, even that. Cracked-spine paperbacks, a coverless Ace Double, book-club hardcovers, a water-stained Ubik — bring it. Common PKD is a joy to put in a new reader's hands, and the occasional scarce first is exactly why every box is worth opening.

You don't have to know what's valuable

Here's the reason to call rather than dump: Dick's hardcover firsts are scarce and genuinely valuable, for a particular reason. A first edition of The Man in the High Castle (Putnam, 1962 — the Hugo winner, identifiable by the "D36" code on page 239) and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Doubleday, 1968) are highly sought. Doubleday printed small science-fiction runs, sold a few hundred to libraries, and pulped the rest before reissuing through its book club — which is exactly why those true firsts are so hard to find today and command strong prices. The early Ace Double paperback originals are collectible in their own right. To most people, all of it looks like ordinary old science fiction, and it gets given away for a quarter.

You don't have to learn the points. Bring the whole shelf and I'll recognize the Doubleday and Putnam firsts and the Ace Doubles, check the codes and condition, protect what's collectible, and keep the reading copies in circulation — with any hidden value supporting literacy instead of vanishing in a giveaway.

Why donate instead of selling it yourself

For a confirmed Doubleday first, selling on your own can pay well. For the typical PKD shelf — a long run of paperbacks and a few hardcovers — identifying printings and listing each book is more work than they're individually worth, which is why so many shelves get dumped intact. Donating handles it in one call: no research, no pricing, no listings, no shipping, free pickup at your door, reading copies to new readers, and a genuine first recognized and supporting New Mexico literacy. Here's where donated books go.

How free pickup works

Call or text 702-496-4214 (or schedule online), tell me roughly how much there is and where you are, and we set a time. I come to you and load it all. I cover Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Corrales, the East Mountains, and the surrounding metro, and I handle whole-house and estate cleanouts regularly.

One ask: don't pull the "good" one and pitch the rest. The battered old Ace Double or the plain hardcover with no jacket is often the one that matters, and checking is exactly what I do. Just point me at the shelf.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I donate Philip K. Dick books in Albuquerque?

Right here — free pickup anywhere in the metro for the whole collection: the novels, the stories, the Ace Doubles, the posthumous volumes. Call or text 702-496-4214.

Are old PKD books worth anything?

The hardcover firsts are scarce and valuable — The Man in the High Castle (Putnam 1962) and Do Androids Dream (Doubleday 1968), plus the Ace Doubles. They look ordinary; bring it all and let me check.

The Ace Doubles and worn paperbacks too?

Yes — the Ace Double originals, worn paperbacks, book-club editions, and incomplete runs. Just don't throw any of it out first.

Cite This Guide

Eldred, J. (June 2026). Donate Philip K. Dick Books in Albuquerque — Free Pickup. New Mexico Literacy Project.

https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/donate-philip-k-dick-books-albuquerque

Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

A whole shelf of PKD?

I'll take the whole collection — free.

Free pickup across the Albuquerque metro. The novels, the stories, the Ace Doubles. You sort nothing and toss nothing — I check every book, reading copies go to new readers, and a scarce Doubleday first never gets given away by accident.

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