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He also had a problem with women (to be fair, he was a professional writer - and apparently his wife wouldn't let him use the house). I don't think I've read a
by yarg 4y ago
He also had a problem with women (to be fair, he was a professional writer - and apparently his wife wouldn't let him use the house).
I don't think I've read a single well-meaning intelligent woman in a PKD story.
I remember being surprised at the start of one of his books, that the female character introduced at the beginning was clearly competent - turned out she was evil.
- atombender 4y agoI would argue that Juliana Frink in The Man in the High Castle is certainly a "well-meaning intelligent woman". His strongest female character is probably Angel Archer, who narrates The Transmigration of Timothy Archer, his last novel.
- yarg 4y agoYou've got me there.
- skmurphy 4y agoOff the top of my head: Juliana Frink, a central character in "Man in the High Castle," is well-meaning and intelligent.
- ggorlen 4y agoPKD was largely a product of his time in terms of gender roles, but his short story "The Impossible Planet" may be a counterexample.
- DontchaKnowit 4y agoReally? I can think of 2 competent and well meaning women in Ubik alone.