I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
During a deep space flight, a passenger’s cryosleep chamber malfunctions and he awakens prematurely. The ship’s AI attempts to keep the man sane by inducing dreams over the 10 year trip. However, the dreams tap into nightmarish memories.
Check out a Print Version:
Dick, Philip K. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon. Doubleday, 1985.
The story appears in a collection of the same name, which includes Dick’s excellent essay/speech “How to Build a Universe that Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later.” Here, he reveals his one sentence definition of reality: “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”
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