tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582669.post7803791782243461772..comments2023-10-15T08:32:37.279-06:00Comments on A Nod to Nothing: Another List of Science FictionScooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07264667176243327560noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582669.post-25050352909910497682010-01-22T23:22:30.879-06:002010-01-22T23:22:30.879-06:00Ubik (though the plot might feel recycled it's...Ubik (though the plot might feel recycled it's been ripped off so many times).<br /><br />The Man in the High Castle.<br /><br />Bladerunner (Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep - but you can just watch it ;)<br /><br />You've probably seen Total Recall and Minority Report. Fewer people have seen Screamers. If Dick had lived instead of going insane, thinking he'd been possessed by Elijah, and writing an enormous book about God talking to him, he'd have been a very rich man.<br /><br />After Ubik and Man In the High Castle, I'd probably choose this collection of short stories. Personally, I'd avoid A Scanner Darkly, Valais, and anything that strays far from pure SciFi:<br />http://www.amazon.com/Selected-Stories-Philip-K-Dick/dp/0375421513Scooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07264667176243327560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582669.post-77837090217387537672010-01-22T22:28:48.204-06:002010-01-22T22:28:48.204-06:00I think one thing this shows is that there is just...I think one thing this shows is that there is just SO DAMN MUCH TO READ. How many brilliant books have I not read yet? And never will?<br /><br />Right now I'm plowing through the "Percy Jackson & The Olympians" series. A) I want to have read them before I bring Koleman to see it in the theater. B) Clearly a Harry Potter inspired series, but that's not all bad.<br /><br />I've never read a Phillip K. Dick book. Does that make me a terrible person? Which one should I read first?klundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07183756895115481377noreply@blogger.com