/fa/ - Fashion

>>12530424
>again
I'm not the same poster, nor do I visit /lit/

but compared to other fiction i've read, PKD is just "dry". he describes events in a very objective and kind of uncreative way. dialogue tends to go "he said, she said, he thought, he said, she thought" etc. he has a limited vocabulary and I feel like he repeats himself a lot. maybe not word-for-word repetition, but sentence patterns and things. just not very much variety in the prose. it feels like somebody who has spent their whole life writing lab reports decided to write a fiction novel.

don't get me wrong, even though the prose is kind of dull I love his books.
I would expect that you've heard nothing but praise because the story, the themes, his insights into technology, culture, society, and humanity really make the reader think. its an enjoyable and fascinating book, but it reads like an extensive essay rather than a novel.

(apologies to rest of thread for going off-topic)