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|series            = ''[[Tales of the City (anthology)|Tales of the City]]''
|range          = The City of the Saved (series)
|main character   = [[Jane Dick]]
|number in range = 1.6
|enemy             =  
|main character = [[Jane Dick]]
|setting           = [[City of the Saved]], [[AF 250]]
|featuring      =
|writer            = [[Paul Dale Smith]]
|enemy           =  
|anthology         = ''[[Tales of the City (anthology)|Tales of the City]]''
|setting         = [[City of the Saved]], [[AF 250]]
|release date     = [[1 June (releases)|1 June]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|publisher      = Obverse Books
|prev             = Highbury (short story)
|editor          = [[Philip Purser-Hallard]]
|next             = Bruises (short story)
|writer          = Paul Dale Smith
|anthology       = Tales of the City (anthology){{!}}Tales of the City
|genre          =
|format          = Short story
|release date   = 1 June 2012
|series          = ''[[The City of the Saved (series)|The City of the Saved]]''
|prev           = Highbury (short story)
|next           = Bruises (short story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixth story of ''[[Tales of the City (anthology)|Tales of the City]]''. This short story continued a trend running through several previous [[City of the Saved]] stories - that of a focus on [[Philip K. Dick]]'s life in the City - by exploring the fate of his twin sister [[Jane Dick]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[2012 (releases)|2012]] ''[[The City of the Saved (series)|The City of the Saved]]'' short story written by [[Paul Dale Smith]] and released in the anthology ''[[Tales of the City (anthology)|Tales of the City]]''.
 
This story would focus on the character of [[Jane Dick]] who was first mentioned in the story ''[[Akroates (short story)|Akroates]]''. The story also continued a trend of featuring [[Philip K. Dick]] in ''The City of the Saved'' stories with him previously appearing in ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'' and ''[[A Hundred Words from a Civil War (short story)|A Hundred Words from a Civil War]]''.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Jane Dick]]
* [[Jane Dick]]
* [[Kurt Cobain]]
* [[Kristen Pfaff]]
* [[Amy Winehouse]]
* [[Philip K. Dick]]
* [[Philip K. Dick]]
* [[Kurt Cobain]]
* [[Albert Einstein]]
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* [[Edmund Ruffin]]
* [[Courtney Love]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* A major inspiration for this story was the idea of bringing together ideas from three of [[Philip Purser-Hallard]]'s previous works: the [[City of the Saved]] from [[PROSE]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'' and the versions of [[posthuman]]ity seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Peculiar Lives (novel)|Peculiar Lives]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Collected Works (anthology)|Collected Works]]''. [http://www.dalesmithonline.com/get-asked/tales-city]
* A major inspiration for this story was the idea of bringing together ideas from three of [[Philip Purser-Hallard]]'s previous works: the [[City of the Saved]] from ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'' and the versions of [[posthuman]]ity seen in ''[[Peculiar Lives (novel)|Peculiar Lives]]'' and ''[[Collected Works (anthology)|Collected Works]]''. [http://www.dalesmithonline.com/get-asked/tales-city]


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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About a Girl was a 2012 The City of the Saved short story written by Paul Dale Smith and released in the anthology Tales of the City.

This story would focus on the character of Jane Dick who was first mentioned in the story Akroates. The story also continued a trend of featuring Philip K. Dick in The City of the Saved stories with him previously appearing in Of the City of the Saved... and A Hundred Words from a Civil War.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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