Hello, my name is Simon and I am a Dickaholic (oh dear, that sounds wrong)...

My first book was "Do Androids Dream". My most recent is "The Simulacra". My favourite (so far) is "A Scanner Darkly".

Hi, I don't really see myself as a Sci-Fi fan, and that's the great thing about PkD, as far as I'm aware... vidscreens and pre-persons, the I-Ching and Ubik ... one thing changes, one dimension of reality is stretched and a whole new world which is so astonishingly - almost divinely - similarly, that you can't help but start thinking about your own life.

I really like PkD because of that, his philosophical nature and style of writing.
The biography I Am Alive and You Are Dead The Strange Life and Times of Philip K. Dick by Carrere which I read after reading only a few of PKD's books, really opened his world to me. Since then, I love A Scanner Darkly (and its recent movie).

Great that there is more people on goodreads really enjoying PKD's work :)

Nicole wrote: "Hi, I don't really see myself as a Sci-Fi fan, and that's the great thing about PkD, as far as I'm aware... vidscreens and pre-persons, the I-Ching and Ubik ... one thing changes, one dimension of ..."

Nicole its nice to meet you. It's been a while since I read any Philip K. Dick, but his book: VALIS had a profound impact on me as a writer. As soon as I get a chance I'm going to read another one of his books.

Hey all, I'm Sarah and I've been a PKD fan ever since my brother gave me a copy of The Man in the High Castle during my first year of college. It's still my favourite novel of his but I do think of it as being in a different grouping to much of the rest of his work. Beyond that, of course I love all the typically chosen 'best' novels by PKD but a special place is reserved in my heart for The Penultimate Truth.
His writing style frustrates me sometimes and he has definitely written more than a few stinkers but in general he ticks all my boxes. Big themes are all well and good but if, as often happens in the SF world, they are put together with some two-dimensional characters that I cannot invest in or care about then I can't invest in the theme either. I always care about the characters in PKD's work, as messed up as they often are, and isn't that the most important thing?

Hi, I've only read a few of his books but I'm a big fan. What I like most about his ideas are how well thought out they seem, as if he has really looked into a lot of different possibilities concerning them.
I look forward to learning more about him.

I've been reading sci-fi for a few years now and PKD is my favorite author. I'm starting to read more than ever, so I hope to knock out many more Dick and other classic sci-fi authors over the next few years.

Ubik was the first Dick book I read, and it remains my favorite. I've also read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, World Jones Made, A Scanner Darkly, Radio Free Albemuth, and Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Haven't read many short stories yet.

I purchased all 3 Library of America collections of his, which gives me 13 of his most popular novels.. not sure which I'll read next, but I recommend these versions to others, as a way of getting some good novels at a great price.. they are hardcover with thin but quality paper so that the books aren't too thick, and have a built in bookmark. There is now a boxed set of all 3 books: http://www.loa.org/volume.jsp?RequestID=...

Besides Dick, I've read some Arthur C Clarke, William Gibson, and Orson Scott Card and am reading Dune now.

outside of books, I live in Omaha, Nebraska, USA and am a big sports fan, particulaly soccer and car racing.

Feel free to chat with me anytime

I'll re-recommend a UK writer Jeff Noon to anyone looking for outlandish surrealism in their sci-fi fiction. Vurt and Pollen and .... gah, it's all good, mostly.

Hi i'm dave and i'm a relative pkd newbie (I've only had a chance to read around half a dozen of his books) I've loved every one i've read but Dr Futurity really stood out for me :)

Mike wrote: "I'll re-recommend a UK writer Jeff Noon to anyone looking for outlandish surrealism in their sci-fi fiction. Vurt and Pollen and .... gah, it's all good, mostly."

I took Mike's recommendation and just finished reading Jeff Noon's Vurt. And I must say I quite liked it. Its hard to guarantee others will like based just on being a Dick fan, but I think its a good recommendation. It reminded a little more of William Gibson than Dick though, especially Gibson's Count Zero and the threads with Voodoo Loa.

I also like how the surrealism flows and makes sense within the context. I hate it when someone just makes something weird and confusing that relate together at all and then just slaps the surrealism label on it.

Hi. I started reading Philip K. Dick back in 1980 but haven't read anything until just recently when I bought 'The Man in the High Castle. I'm nearly half way through now and enjoying their reality of Germany and Japan winning the war and their fiction of what if... America and the allies won. Just before reading this PKD novel I had been reading George Orwell's '1984'. I can see a lot of what influences my own writing.