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What does Veeky Forums think of Philip K. Dick? What are his best works? Was he on to something big, or was he a hack?

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is astounding. I'm less a fan of The Man in the High Castle, but it might be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand PKD. A Scanner Darkly is brilliant.

Mostly though, I would recommend his mainstream lit work. Confessions of a Crap Artist, Mary and the Giant, Humpty Dumpty in Oakland, and In Milton Lumpky Territory. Great stuff. You won't regret it.

Read Ubik or Flow My Tears The Policeman Said. Two of his best works in my opinion

My favourite author
Everything suggested so far is great
A Scanner darkly is my fave

I just finished the VALIS trilogy, today. Absolutely loved it. PKD is one of my favorites. Although, I can see why he gets bashed by critics for prose and plot, but his ideas hold up. At least, in my eyes.

I like him a lot. Generally, people consider VALIS, Ubik, A Scanner Darkly, and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep to be his best works. A lot of his other work is still highly praised, though. I'm hoping to read his Exegesis sometime this year. It's been collecting dust on my shelf since I got it last summer.

methamphetamine freak.

i've been through about a dozen different Work For The Dole projects in Australia, and there is always one burned out speedfreak washed up in them. he can't get a job because he can't shut up about fringe Christianity and space and electromagnetism and how the Pope isn’t the true Pope and Jesus is connected to the Masons and the Rosicrucians and the Hebrews colonized Mars and Nazis possessed the Spear of Destiny and used the Holy Grail to power their flying saucers that were used to shuttle slaves to the gold mines at the center of the Hollow Earth and did you know the Nephilim built the pyramids.

they're all the same.

i said this in the last Dick thread and i'll say it again: his short stories are his greatest works. Dick is more of an idea man and is less skilled at characterization or well-crafted plotlines. short stories are therefore a great format for him. you can get an idea of "self-replicating alien lifeforms disguised as vending machine trinkets" in 20 min. and, hey, if you come across something not so stellar (like the killer cuckoo clock), it's done in 20 min.

He certainly better than "I don't like how cat's rub against me like a fucking sperg autist" Deleuze