/lit/ - Literature

>>9541816

Androids is a good starter.

His novels can be hit or miss. Almost all have interesting ideas and are worth working through, but sometimes he was just too drugged out/hurried/stressed, and he rarely if ever had a proper editor.

His short stories are a good place to go after Androids. IMO that's the best length for PKD - just long enough to explore an interesting concept, with less chance of him burning out while fleshing out the story. And if a story isn't that good, it's over fast and you're onto a better one.

If you want to take a break from mindfucks and just have cool adventures in fascinating worlds, read Jack Vance. Almost all his novels are short, they're of much more consistent quality, and they're really really really fun. There isn't a writer I enjoy reading more.

Start with the Demon Princes series; the novella the Last Castle; or the Dying Earth books (actually fantasy but with some SF elements - Vance doesn't really care for the distinction between the genres). If you don't like the first Dying Earth book, skip straight to Eyes of the Overworld, which follows a single character.