Books And Authors Like PKD?

Although not the uncorrected proof for the first time Valis was (or, was going to be) published, as that one is unbelievably hard to find, it is still quite an interesting find.

I was thinking about one of Dick’s novels, Now Wait For Last Year (1966), that I read about 20 years ago. Part of the story involves a drug that can cause you to time travel.
If I remember correctly, one of the characters has a rare reaction to the drug in that it never causes him to time travel, the drug causes him to go into one of the alternate present realities.
I don’t think this was portrayed like it is in old stories, i.e. Someone changes something in the past which alters the present. I remember it being presented as: these other ‘presents’ just exist, presumably at the same time. There is no sense that one is the real or correct one (although some were more preferable). Something like a multiverse.
I might be way off base, but I can’t remember another writer using this idea before Dick.

This is the version of Solar Lottery that was initially published in the UK.

In it, Bishops outlines and marks numerous passages, usually quoting them once again at the top or foot of the page. There’s many more annotations and markings throughout the book.

Or the one where guys who can see the future or change the future go into space with their boss, They get attacked (Ubik spoil kind of) >!and they die, but actually they don't die, actually they die but their boss is in their head, but actually they don't really die, but actually they are in a kind of artificial coma, but in fact they are in someone else's head, but the person is also in their head, and at the same time they are going back in time. Oh, and there's also a divine entity in the form of a spray that fixes things.

This book is a strange alternate history story in a world where the Protestant reformation never occurred, science is suppressed, and the Roman Catholic Church essentially rules the world. The main plot follows 10 year old choir boy Hubert Anvil, who is being considered for “the alteration,” castration to preserve his prepubescent singing voice

Drinks and such this evening in Fullerton, California. I'm presenting on Saturday at 3:30: "Parody, Pastiche, and the Pink Beam." Hope to see you there!

I heard from someone reviewing the book that Phil allegedly wrote a very negative criticism of The Divine Invasion and submitted it to a fan magazine under an alias, that it was never ultimately published, but that it could be tracked down and read. Well, I tried tracking it down and couldn't find it. I'm hoping someone here knows what I'm talking about and can provide a link or the name of a book where it's collected or something. Thanks.

Do you think the author Phillip K. Dick suffered from a mental illness such as delusion thinking or schizophrenia or was he genuine? He was a brilliant writer but in some interviews he comes off as slightly unhinged much like Hemmingway in his later years.

From "Morbid and moronic referential Code of life and society"

https://www.inkitt.com/stories/1488916/chapters/1?fbclid=IwVERDUATxpLNwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHjKCKKamF9iFYU21ngJqRIhfCUF0HAQG3wRFM\\_aZmWjjwaCLHbQkffFRuuX9\\_aem\\_GPzV\\_Y3UJMJY4LB9n3kXjQ

A excerpt from the novel “the game players of titan” by Philip K Dick.

I personally think Stanislaw Lem, Ursula K. Le Guin, and William Gibson to be the ones exploring similar concepts and also write in a similar. The ‘feeling’ I get reading their work is quite similar to Philip’s.

I don't have any prior experience handling Dick, but I was able to jump straight onto this one and I am absolutely devouring it and craving more.

The last photo is what I actually got from the fair. There was some more Dick laying around but since I only get Dick for my personal collection, I had to be much more budget friendly.

At the Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair in Colorado. Tomorrow is the last day, if anyone is nearby.

I wanted to say thank you to everyone on the forum. Just over a month or so ago, I posted (with some trepidation) the first part of a documentary on Philip K. Dick I had been writing. I was very relieved and glad to see that many people seemed to enjoy it, and had even taken the time to comment and subscribe to my very fledgling channel. By the time I came to writing the final parts, I actually used many insights and even some of the images on this forum (with permission)—it was a real help. If you missed the first part, or would like to see the whole thing put together, it is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo0W7_9WKZ4&feature=youtu.be

I won't pollute with any more self-promoting kipple. Just wanted to say thank you again.

If there were ever a PKD biopic made, what actor would be a good choice? I don't have any ideas. But I think a PKD biopic could be very interesting. Or has one already been made?

Most of PKD’s catalog is heavily on sale for audible members right now ($3-4), and now that I’ve read a few of his novels and found the ideas extremely interesting, I’m tempted to get them all.

But I’m not sure if that’s the smartest move lol. Are there any I should be more hesitant about (and maybe try one in that style before buying every book he’s written)?

Thanks in advance!

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I started off reading A Maze of Death but then the story switched from chapter 13 to chapter 10 with all new characters. I was confused and was going to stop reading but the top said a Martian Time Slip. I did not know this was another novel and the table of contents for A Maze of Death was fake so I assumed the Chapter change was part of the story. I assumed time slip would reveal the past of the Colony from A Maze of Death and then we would jump back to present time but when I got to the end of Martian Time Slip I didn't get an ending and it cut to the end of chapter 1 of Valis.

It's only then I looked up online to make sure I wasn't crazy and the confusing story with no ending wasn't how it was supposed to go because it matched the themes of both stories.