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Re: PKD
Posted By: wintermute, on host 80.46.187.42
Date: Saturday, May 10, 2003, at 02:12:49
In Reply To: Re: PKD posted by Dave on Friday, May 9, 2003, at 17:17:52:

> Try _Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?_. If you like that, read _Ubik_.
>
> Keep in mind I've only read four of the guy's thirty-six books. There could be way better ones out there than the ones I've read.
>
> But if you're picky, stay away from _The Man in the High Castle_ unless and until you become a PKD fan. While it's held up as his best novel, I found it boring in places and the ending is non-existent.
>
> As for me, I think my next PKD outing will be either _Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said_ or _The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch_. We'll see.
>
> -- Dave

_Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said_ is the most recent PKD I read, and I can strongly reccomend it. It's probably as good an introduction to Dick's work as anything else I've read of his.

_The Man in the High Castle_ will be next, I think.

winter"PKD roxxors"mute

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