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All good picks! I was thinking of mentioning Ubik myself. I’d add A Maze of Death also. Thinking about it, yeah, Valis is probably best saved for much later. T
by iainmerrick 6y ago
All good picks! I was thinking of mentioning Ubik myself. I’d add A Maze of Death also.
Thinking about it, yeah, Valis is probably best saved for much later. That’s the same order I read Dick, and knowing a bit of his background and having seen his recurring tropes in fictional form, it added a whole new dimension to see them crop up in... pseudo-autobiographical form? I’m not even sure what to call it!
- Trasmatta 6y ago> pseudo-autobiographical form? I’m not even sure what to call it! For sure! Trying to describe what Valis actually is, is about as difficult as pinning down what reality in a PKD novel is. The fact that PKD's real life experience basically turned into one of his own novels is something I find endlessly fascinating. And also kind of sad, since whatever mental health issues he was dealing with seemed to cause him quite a bit of pain. I have a copy of "The Exegesis of Philip K Dick", and while it's too tedious to just read cover to cover, I'll often just pop it open and read a few pages here and there. Really interesting stuff.