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So I've read (in no particular order); DADOES, Flow my tears, Ubik, the three stigmata of palmer eldritch, A Scanner Darkly, and am currently reading Dr. Bloodmoney.

I tried time out of joint but couldn't get into it, what are some essential PKD I should read besides the VALIS trilogy? (not ready for that yet)

>> No.17295975

>>17295721
You could try Broken Bubble because it's a bit different — it's not sci-fi and not bonkers. There are two couples and the main woman has a fling with the other man. I found it surprisingly sane and sensitive. PKD must have experienced this, I think, because something very similar happens in Confessions of a Crap Artist. It obviously had some special significance for him.

Other than that, Man in the High Castle is sort of the obvious choice, although I think it's overpraised. And for more variety you could try a few short stories. Some are very lighthearted (The War With The Fnools, for example.)

>> No.17296000

>>17295721
I liked the unteleported man. It was unfinished, but what was there was good.

>> No.17296161

>>17295975
>Confessions of a Crap Artist
I came here to recommend this book. It's not sci fi but it has soul.

OP, I did but enjoy the Valis trilogy myself. My favorites were Ubik and Three Stigmata

>> No.17296384

>>17296161
>Confessions of a Crap Artist
illustrates the anons on /x/

>> No.17296406

>>17295721
The World Jones Made is a good little b-side

>> No.17296412

>>17295975
Man in the high castle is too slow and the point of the book is weakly delivered. I know the show is completely different but the show probably sucks ass whereas the book is ok.

>> No.17296417

so is he good?
I used to read him a lot in translation but the first time I tried in English he just sounded like a schizo /pol/ poster.

>> No.17297221

>>17296417
he is

>> No.17297514

>>17295721
how good is flow my tears?
i havent read a word by pkd, but that title caught my attention

>> No.17297541

Just read VALIS you pussy

>> No.17297601

After I finished Ubik I left it out on the coffee table and my dad tried to read it. He had no idea what was going on and looked at me like I had rabies for a month once I told him I really liked it.

>> No.17297660

Martian Tine-Slip is very good.

Also don’t forget radio free albemuth once you’ve read the valis trilogy.

>> No.17297723

>>17296417
/x/ poster*

>> No.17298233

>>17297514
answer me ye faggets

>> No.17298244

>>17298233
I’ve read 14 PKD books, it is an essential tier.

>> No.17299460

>>17295721
Exegesis after late-era PKD.
Some of his works are pot-boilers.

>> No.17299510

>>17295721
How'd you like all of those? I've only read a scanner darkly and half of man in the high castle.