/lit/ - Literature

How do I get LSD, /lit/? All the edgy manchildren I asked only know how to get weed.

Can methamphetamine's make you a better writer?

Philip Dick was prolific as hell (44 novels and 121 short stories published) and many of them are very good, if flawed. However, I think the pace did cause his writing to suffer, and the book he wrote the slowest (A Scanner Darkly) is also by far one of his best.

Only good science fiction writers:

Philip K Dick
JG Ballard
Stanislaw Lem

So, the only Philip K. Dick novel I've read is Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. What should I read of his next?

My alternate next book is Neal Stephenson's Anathem.

Suggestions?

So I finally decided to read some Philip K. Dick recently, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and "A Scanner Darkly." I enjoyed them both, and was wondering which of his books I should read next. A friend suggested "The Man in the High Castle," but I'm not really a fan of alternate history. What does lit suggest?

I've been reading about Philip K Dick and would like to try out one of his books. Where is a good place to start?

Also, what is known about his life and psychological struggles? I heard he thought of himself as living in different dimensions, does anyone know the story of this?

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I bought 5 of Phillip K. Dick's novels in 1 book today at Barnes and Nobles mostly for the fact because it has A Scanner Darkly in it and I have not yet read it. The other books in that are in the collection book are Dr. Blood Money, or how we got along after the bomb. Martian Time-Slip. Flow my tears the Policeman said & No Wait for Last Year. I have never heard of any of the other books besides A Scanner Darkly and I was wondering if anyone else had read any of the other books in the collection and would like to know what you think of them.

Here is a Philip K. Dick short story titled "Mr. Spaceship" published in 1953, which sounds eerily similar to the story you describe:

http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4796.pdf