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Science Fiction

Onceuponalife

(2,614 posts) Sat Jan 28, 2012, 02:36 AM Jan 2012

Asking for help from Philip K. Dick fans [View all]

I just got a Kindle and want to download some PKD books. I've always been fascinated by Dick but never got around to reading anything of his. I'm a huge SF fan and Dick's work sounds like something I would be very interested in. Please tell me which of his books I should read first and why. Thanks.

P.S. No spoilers, please!

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Asking for help from Philip K. Dick fans [View all] Onceuponalife Jan 2012 OP

I'd recommend reading them in the order they were written -- see Wikipedia eppur_se_muova Jan 2012 #1

Thanks Onceuponalife Jan 2012 #2

I recommend "Eye in the Sky" klook Jan 2012 #3

"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", great book. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #4

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. DavidDvorkin Jan 2012 #5

I would start with The Penultimate Truth & Time Out of Joint cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #6

The Man in the High Castle was the first thing of his I ever read. Codeine Jan 2012 #7

Here are some free short stories of his. Dr. Strange Jan 2012 #8

Scanner Darkly sonias Jan 2012 #9

Do keep in mind that SheilaT Feb 2012 #10

Ten recommended SF PKD novels PufPuf23 Feb 2012 #11

The Man in the High Castle. Pterodactyl Feb 2014 #12

Read "Ubik" first! FSogol Feb 2014 #13

His short fiction was collected in five volumes ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2014 #14

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said would make a good introduction point TransitJohn Mar 2014 #15