Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Philip K. Dick's works has continued to grow, and his reputation has been enhanced by an expanding body of critical appreciation. This fifth and final volume of Dick's collected works includes 24 short stories, some previously unpublished.

Volume 5/5. Contents:
- The Little Black Box (1964)
- The War With the Fnools (1964)
- A Game of Unchance (1964)
- Precious Artifact (1964)
- Retreat Syndrome (1965)
- A Terran Odyssey (1987)
- Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday (1966)
- Holy Quarrel (1966)
- Not by Its Cover (1968)
- Return Match (1967)
- Faith of Our Fathers (1967)
- The Story to End All Stories (1968)
- The Electric Ant (1969)
- Cadbury, the Beaver Who Lacked (1987)
- A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (1974)
- The Pre-Persons (1974)
- The Eye of the Sibyl (1987)
- The Day Mr. Computer Fell Out of Its Tree (1987)
- The Exit Door Leads In (1979)
- Chains of Air, Web of Aether (1980)
- Strange Memories of Death (1984)
- I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (1980, also titled Frozen Journey)
- Rautavaara's Case (1980)
- The Alien Mind (1981)

Other editions of this volume are titled:
- The Little Black Box
- We can remember it for you wholesale
- The Eye of the Sibyl

Editions published by Citadel don't include the story "We can remember it for you wholesale" into Vol. 5, it was placed in their Vol. 2 instead. Apart from that, contents are the same across editions.