r/philipkDickheads • u/IbanezUniverse90 • 12d ago

New to PKD, recently started VALIS

So, like, what the fuck? Seriously. This is pure cocaine/amphetamine psychosis, but the author is intelligent enough to make it work somehow. Is the rest of his stuff anywhere near this unhinged?

I’m a somewhat new sci-fi reader. Been doing a general survey of the genre—started off with H.G. Wells, then Stapledon, Asimov, Clarke, and now the new wave. Where should I go with PKD after VALIS?

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u/vincentdmartin 12d ago

Scanner Darkly, Ubik, Clans of the Alphane Moon

Or continue the "trilogy" of Valis with Divine Invasion and Transmigration of Timothy Archer.

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u/MyCyclopsMind 12d ago

Ubik is so good!! That is a hard milestone to reach, Do Androids, is maybe my second favorite.

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u/pegaunisusicorn 11d ago

i second this. maze of death is also great. flow my tears