I just read Clans of the Alphane Moon and really enjoyed it, even if it is flawed. As far as "minor" goes, everyone talks about Valis, or the Valis trilogy but no one really talks about the Divine Invasion, which I loved.
I would also mention Radiofree Albemuth, one of the first Dick books I read and really loved.

I wouldnt really know i have read mostly his 60s,70s books.

I think his early short stories are quality works.

I assumed he would be less sure of his ability early in his career and i'm not saying all his early books are weak.

Game Players of Titan sound real good,its in the library i really wonder if i should get it from there or buy it. I usually feel like buying my big fav authors.

wrong, his early works are sometimes better than his later works, I'm thinking about real early-career books like Solar Lottery and The Game Players of Titan which were both great.

William wrote: "The 'minor books' are sometimes problematic because Dick worked a lot under financial pressure and time constraints. He published a lot of stuff that really should have been left in the cooker a l..."

Saying Alot of stuff wasn't ready might be a bit much since as how popular his so called minor works are. I think they would have had bad reps if they were.

Sure the early ones might be like that but he was such visionary writer that even his decent works are interesting.

"Our Friends From Frolix 8" is kinda fun.

The 'minor books' are sometimes problematic because Dick worked a lot under financial pressure and time constraints. He published a lot of stuff that really should have been left in the cooker a little longer.

Clans of the Alphane Moon i have heard very good things about, it does like a good minor PKD.

Hi everyone - just joined this group - how about "Clans of the Alphane Moon"? An interesting take on mental illness - not a great book, but I quite enjoyed it!

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22648...

Giggsy wrote: "As of now, The World Jones Made is the only minor book of his I've read. It is noticable that the book is by a new/inexperienced author, but overall I'd still say it was good, very enjoyable, and ..."

I agree. One of the things I enjoy about PKD is you can chart his development as an author. He was so prolific, and published so much work that was still fresh from the typewriter that his process and growth is very evident. World That Jones Made is one of my favorite minor novels. There are some passages in that book that show the strength of his later writing.

that's cool Adam, but I'd hardly call those two books MINOR books.

:)

So far, 'Ubik' is my favourite closely followed by 'The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch'.

As of now, The World Jones Made is the only minor book of his I've read. It is noticable that the book is by a new/inexperienced author, but overall I'd still say it was good, very enjoyable, and worth recommending to Dick fans

I thought that "Dr Futurity" was very good for a lesser well known PKD.

Yeah, the Cosmic Puppets really shook me up quite a bit.

:)

Definitely "The Cosmic Puppets".

Heh A Maze of Death made Jeffrey Deaver's Top 10 Computer novels where he hails its as one of his favourite Dick books.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul...

Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is great. I also loved some of the writing in The World That Jones Made. There's a scene toward the end where three characters get into a car while it's raining. A minor scene, but the writing so put me there.

NumberLord wrote: "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21636...
The writing could have been better, but the story itself was phenomenal."

Stigmata of Palmer is seen as one of the major.

Its not one of his best ones to me cause characters wise it could have been better. Story,ideas wise it was very good.

I've still gotta read Man Who Japed and Crap Artist.

cheers

:)

Like Mohammed says, I never chose what I read next of his by popularity. Ive read almost all of his novels (about 25 without getting OCD and actually counting)

I guess I would have to say its among Eye in the Sky, A Maze of Death (dude, how could you not just LOVE it for the fucked-up depressing ending?), and The Cosmic Puppets. I would also include Martian Time-Slip in that list, but I think it ranks somewhere in the middle...

Oh, its so hard to choose. I can only ever give a "brief" answer if I was asked which one do you hate? The answer to that is We Can Build You...that one was horrible. Beyond that there are a couple of OK ones and the rest are godlike for Philip K Dick is a god.

Btw, if you havent read The Man Who Japed yet, do so ASAP. If you hate HOAs as much as I do, you will fnuggin love this book!

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21636...
The writing could have been better, but the story itself was phenomenal.

Really i dont choose his books by fame or lack of fame. I choose them only by the how the story sound in the synopsis.
For example i got The Man Who Japed in a new paperback at the same time as Dr Bloodmoney just because it sounded good and were a 50s PKD.

He is acquired taste i like very much.

you'll have to be careful liberally plunging into the non-famous books, Mohammed, for every ho' knows 'Dick' is an acquired taste.

LOL

So mind f**k that sounds really good when it comes to PKD :)


Myself i havent read a good minor PKD. The ones i have read are his famous ones. A Maze of Death is the only minor i have read and frankly it was very weak. For Dick it was almost outright bad....

one of his first THE GAME PLAYERS OF TITAN.

so quaint, so lovely, so mind-f**k.

A book that isnt one of his 5-6 major,most rated books that you liked enough to praise as a quality Dick book.