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b0rsuk · 03-15-2012, 02:42 AM

I like Philip Dick a lot, mostly for his ideas. I also like his storytelling, it makes me laugh without trying. His characters and dialogues can be very funny and snappy and I can't put my finger on it.

I do think his short storries are generally much better than novels. My favorite compilation of short stories is "The Days of Perky Pat". It may be known under a different name, for example in my country "My, zdobywcy" because the pun can't be translated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day...8collection%29

Some of his short stories are fun because they're so retro. For example analog robots, no computers, no internet. It's like an alternate history and I can enjoy that !

Other short stories are still up to date, you can even say prescient (The Mold of Yancy). I particularly liked Explorers We. I like The Minority Report (inspired the movie, not the other way around). What The Dead Men Say is an abbreviated Ubik (although Ubik is one of his novels I like).

As for his novels, I disliked Man in the High Castle - I don't understand what the fuss is about. But I hearthily recommend A Scanner Darkly. It reads very well despite having few sci-fi elements (which are crucial to the plot, though). It has elements of autobiography and is in parts creepy/tragic/funny/scary. It reminds me of the movie Requiem For A Dream, except that I don't like the movie that much.

03-15-2012, 02:42 AM	#19
b0rsuk meles meles Posts: 109 Karma: 163588 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Persepolis Device: Pocketbook InkPad 3	I like Philip Dick a lot, mostly for his ideas. I also like his storytelling, it makes me laugh without trying. His characters and dialogues can be very funny and snappy and I can't put my finger on it. I do think his short storries are generally much better than novels. My favorite compilation of short stories is "The Days of Perky Pat". It may be known under a different name, for example in my country "My, zdobywcy" because the pun can't be translated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day...8collection%29 Some of his short stories are fun because they're so retro. For example analog robots, no computers, no internet. It's like an alternate history and I can enjoy that ! Other short stories are still up to date, you can even say prescient (The Mold of Yancy). I particularly liked Explorers We. I like The Minority Report (inspired the movie, not the other way around). What The Dead Men Say is an abbreviated Ubik (although Ubik is one of his novels I like). As for his novels, I disliked Man in the High Castle - I don't understand what the fuss is about. But I hearthily recommend A Scanner Darkly. It reads very well despite having few sci-fi elements (which are crucial to the plot, though). It has elements of autobiography and is in parts creepy/tragic/funny/scary. It reminds me of the movie Requiem For A Dream, except that I don't like the movie that much.