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[Anonymous No.17712415]

Which other authors besides Philip K Dick have wrote weird sci-fi that I should check out?

[Anonymous No.17712458]

>>17712415
Gene wolfe

[Anonymous No.17712538]

>>17712415

[Anonymous No.17712549]

>>17712415
Some of Pohl’s works have a similar vibe. Stand of Zanzibar by Brunner is also suitably weird. Harlan Ellison too but his stuff is generally malevolently weird.

[Anonymous No.17712587]

>>17712549
>Stand on Zanzibar
Sorry fucked that up.
Also Vonnegut if you haven’t touched his stuff.

[Anonymous No.17712596]

>>17712458
he's the polar opposite of PDK and honestly sperg trash

OP just read Brett Easton Ellis if you want surreal depravity mixed with black comedy

[Anonymous No.17712597]

I just read the lathe of heaven by le guin and it was extremely dicky

[Anonymous No.17712633]

>>17712415
jeff noon

[Anonymous No.17712787]

>>17712549
Op here, where should I start with Po and Ellison?
>>17712596
>>17712633
>>17712458
same question about these three
>>17712587
I really should, maybe I'll start with him.
Also stumbled upon a book called Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny which seems pretty weird and intruiging, has anyone read it?

[Anonymous No.17712794]

also futurological congress by lem would be good

[Anonymous No.17712802]

>>17712538
I've read crash but I really should check this out.
I'm Currently going through Burroughs' Naked Lunch and kinda wanna check out his Nova Trilogy sometime as well.
I'm also reading Neuromancer which isn't super weird I guess but I was wondering if the other 2 books from the sprawl trilogy are worth reading and if they're direct sequels or if it is okay to read them sometime later on.

[Anonymous No.17712850]

>>17712787
vurt by jeff noon. also check out gun with occasional music by lethem

[Anonymous No.17712855]

>>17712787
For wolfe, start with Botns which is his most famous or you can also opt for fifth head of cerebus, which is brilliant.

[Anonymous No.17712912]

>>17712802
Yeah, High Rise is great fun. Strangely I've never read Gibson, though I think it'd be right up my alley. If you enjoy Ballard I'd say pic related is similar (ish) stylistically, and quite enjoyable as well

[Anonymous No.17712956]

>>17712912
>Iain Banks
the bridge is really good. he has a lot of great sci fi too. I would recommend excession for a PKDick lover

[Anonymous No.17712968]

>>17712787
>Lord of Light
It’s an interesting read that goes off the rails in the final act. Worth it though. As for Pohl, try some of his shorter stories like “The Merchants of Venus” and for Ellison try “I Have No Mouth and I must Scream” by Ellison. See which you like more. Neither quite hits the same tone as PKD but there are some weird, surreal elements in both (Pohl tends to be a lot less weird in most of his novels though). Vonnegut is probably a great place to start though. Sirens of Titan is a good one, very like PKD. I also liked Player Piano and Galapagos. Harrison Bergeron is a good short story to start. I’ve never touched his bigger ones like Cat’s Cradle of Slaughterhouse Five so I can’t say anything about them. Richard Matheson might also hit the right buttons for you but he wrote everything from scifi to westerns, so choose carefully.

[Anonymous No.17713092]

>>17712956
Yeah Excession is also good. I remember enjoying The Player of Games many years ago as well

[Anonymous No.17713251]

>>17713092
Can I start with Excession or do I need to read the previous Culture books first?

[Anonymous No.17713546]

>>17713251
I've only read like 3 Culture books, don't remember it being a particular problem. As long as you understand the general idea of what the Culture is (Wikipedia article would probably suffice) I'd say you're fine.

[Anonymous No.17714036]

>>17712415

[Anonymous No.17714227]

>>17712415
Alfred Bester, particularly The Stars My Destination, The Demolished Man, and his short stories.

[Anonymous No.17714349]

>>17714227
has anyone read his later works. they are definitely a lot weirder and less received

[Anonymous No.17714382]

>>17712415
Just note that they all pale in comparison with PKD

[Anonymous No.17714449]

>>17714349
The Computer Connection/Extro was good. Worth reading, but only after you've read The Stars My Destination and The Demolished Man. The Deceivers and Psychoshop are much weaker. I didn't finish Golem 100; need to retry it sometime.

[Anonymous No.17714453]

>>17714036
based
what is the literary equivalent of NGE+EOE?

[Anonymous No.17714509]

>>17714449
>Psychoshop
agree about it being weaker but it has snake mommy and anime fights, fun little read

[Anonymous No.17714851]

>>17714382
oi Ballard is sick m8

[Anonymous No.17715900]

>>17712415
Arthur C Clark ‘Childhoods End’

[Anonymous No.17715935]

>>17712597
I came here to suggest lathe of heaven

[Anonymous No.17715937]

>>17712415
R A Lafferty wrote some of the most surreal sci fi ever, his stuff makes PKD look tame in comparison

[Anonymous No.17715941]

You want weird? Here's weird

[Anonymous No.17715963]

[Anonymous No.17717574]

>>17712415

Cordwainer Smith.

https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/smithcordwainer-scannersliveinvain/smithcordwainer-scannersliveinvain-00-h.html

>>17712850

Seconding Jeff Noon, Pollen, and Falling Out of Cars are all interesting.

>>17712787

Zelazny is good; Creatures of Light and Darkness is very similar to Lord of Light. His other works tend to be a little more conventional

[Anonymous No.17718177]

>>17714453
Finnegans Wake and Phenomenology of Spirit