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What is your opinion on this man and his writing?

>> No.8981551

>>8981482

Pretty sweet ideas and often engaging plots. I think as far as being an "ideas guy" he is one of the all time greats. It's pretty amazing that he was writing stuff like "Ubik" in the early 60's when sci-fi was largely thought of as a hokey "dude aliens lmao" genre.

His prose itself sometimes does leave things to be desired. His characters are often cardboard cutouts because Dick is more interested in putting these archetypes into interesting situations than giving them a true pathos or depth. There is also a bit of wish fulfillment in his stuff (the hero often meets a super-hot intelligent 17yo girl who pays all his bills) which can be kind of off-putting for me personally.

>> No.8981571

>>8981551
Nearly all of that could also be said of WIlliam Gibson, who I think of as what Dick would sound like if he had not been clinically insane.

>> No.8981578
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8981578

>>8981482
i tried to reread a scanner darkly but couldnt get past the hippie slang and the constant descriptions of breasts. he should have laid off the drugs a bit.

>> No.8981585

>>8981482
He's great, and a great starter for kind of out there, counter culture sci-fi.

>> No.8981913

>>8981571

I don't really disagree with you. That doesn't make Dick bad, though.

>> No.8981919

>>8981482
He's a dick.