Alan's comments (member since Apr 28, 2008)

Alan's comments from the Philip K Dick group.

Back in the 1960s, the Science Fiction Book Club had a promotional offer for joining. You'd receive a free copy of this two-volume anthology of science fiction stories. I think it cost 10 cents to join at the time, which was quite a bargain. The anthology was a very good one, with stories such as "The Stars My Destination" by Alfred Bester and many other classics.

The anthology included Dick's story, "The Father Thing," which had a big impact on me, with its horror movie creepiness of alien substitution. I next came across Dick's novel, "Clans of the Alphane Moons," later in the 60s, and I enjoyed this one very much, too. I started to seek out more PKD, reading "Three Stigmata...," "Do Androids Dream...," and "Ubik." My friends and I were fascinated by Dick's world, which seemed to capture perfectly the zeitgeist of the 60s and 70s for us.