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That's actually...a really good point. It might be that my "it's not novel" feeling is actually "it's too novel (to be comfortable)". Realizing this, it kind of
by bmer 10y ago
That's actually...a really good point. It might be that my "it's not novel" feeling is actually "it's too novel (to be comfortable)". Realizing this, it kind of makes me want to rebel against the whole "it feels too old" and actually go re-read some of the stuff that didn't catch my attention before.
- aaron695 10y agoNah, you were right. But you can get enjoyment from reading hard/old things. Driving to a great view might not be as enjoyable as hiking to an ok view. But Philip K. Dick is crap. Not cool to say it. And like you say might have been great for his time, but try and read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" it's plain awful. But you can't tell me you wouldn't love to see a musket battle, some of the classics are still around because they were good. OT: I find Ursula K. Le Guin work just ok. Very overrated. But it's not hard to read something like Earthsea and you can then say you've done it.
- _mhr_ 10y agoPKD has some bad stories, but I think he has a lot of good ones. Electric Sheep isn't one of his good ones, I agree with that. I quite liked most of the stories in Beyond Lies the Wub. An example of a bad story of his from that collection, off the top of my head, is The Indefatigable Frog. That was pretty silly. I encourage you to give Beyond Lies the Wub a shot before writing him off entirely.
- di4na 10y agoI personally tend to think that PKD really rushed all his works. And it shows. As a ton of SF, his themes and the ideas behind are still really interesting, but it lacks a ton of polishing work.