Also a topic today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12023728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12023728 ("As a psychiatrist, I diagnose mental illness.

Also a topic today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12023728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12023728 ("As a psychiatrist, I diagnose mental illness. Also, I help spot demonic possession." ;-) Although he did find recognition and prizes, in his lifetime P.K.Dick made SF fans - who mostly tended to staunch rationalism, or a good facsimile thereof - uneasy due to the slightly unhinged mysticism coming through. But he did hit a bell with resonance in the mainstream: after Stephen King he's probably the writer with most movie adaptations of his stories.