/lit/ - Literature

is he the greatest sci-fi author? his mixture of it with philosophy is so addictive.

>Although appearing left wing my training is really Fascistic — not “Fascistic” as Marxist rhetoric defines it but as Mussolini defined it: in terms of the deed & the will, with reality de-ontologized, reduced to mere stuff on which the will acts in terms of deed. Since few living people correctly understand (genuine) Fascism, my ideology has never been pejoratively stigmatized by the left, but those to whom I appeal are in essence the core-bulk of latent masses, the fascist mob. I speak of & for the irrational & the anti-rational, a kind of dynamic nihilism in which values are generated as mere tactics. Thus my real idol is Hitler, who starting out totally disenfranchised rose to total power while scorning wealth (aristocracy) plutocracy to the end. My real enemy is plutocracy; I've done my (Fascistic) homework. […] My fascistic premise is: “There is no truth. We make truth; what we (first) believebecomes objectively true. Objective truth depends on what we believe, not the other way around. ” This is the essence of Fascist epistemology, the perception of truth as ideology imposed on reality — mind over matter.

Is he the most significant and profound American writer of all time? I say YES–Certainly of the 20th century. Anyhow he's definitively the based alpha male writer for chad sigma male readers who forever impacted literature, pop culture, and academia. Vgh...I kneel .....

I have a question for frogs. Why was Philip K Dick so popular in France?

I’m probably a midwit that’s just into genre fiction but I don’t really care. These are the only authors in my collection right now
>Philip K Dick
>Isaac Asimov
>Arthur C Clarke
>Frank Herbert
>Robert Heinlein
>Cormac McCarthy
>Thomas Pynchon
>William S Burroughs
>Kurt Vonnegut

Yes

Ubik is a fucking masterpiece

I want to get into Dick.

I don't really want to go through the effort of tracking down dozens of dirty paperbacks.
Is there a comprehensive set out there?
A flowchart maybe?

All the best stuff, none of the shit in one swoop?
I saw there were Library of America sets; is this the best, most comprehensive there is?

Thanks in advance.

What's a decent heinlein buk?