That's the thing. The first time I read his stuff, I thought, "This is the first person I've ever read who understands how I feel about my place in the universe, and I've never met the guy." And never would, as he had been dead for some time by then.
"High Castle" and "Sheep" are staples. "Valis" and "Divine Invasion" are to be read dead last as they are extremely obscurantist, but rewarding in their own way. "Scanner Darkly" is also essential, "Ubik" too. His "straight" fiction like "Confessions of a Crap Artist" is also interesting, although somewhat uneven, and like many authors with a big back catalog he suffers from having many of his books being out of print for years or decades at a time. (Maybe publish-on-demand will help with that.)
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Date: 2007-03-08 01:08 (UTC)"High Castle" and "Sheep" are staples. "Valis" and "Divine Invasion" are to be read dead last as they are extremely obscurantist, but rewarding in their own way. "Scanner Darkly" is also essential, "Ubik" too. His "straight" fiction like "Confessions of a Crap Artist" is also interesting, although somewhat uneven, and like many authors with a big back catalog he suffers from having many of his books being out of print for years or decades at a time. (Maybe publish-on-demand will help with that.)