Philip K. Dick

[marlo]

I feel like I didn't get the right introduction to PKD when I was younger. Probably a lot of people don't. You watch Blade Runner and then decide you'd like to read the book, which is totally not like an 80's violent cyberpunk flick at all. The book is very, very different from the film.

Next, I was recommended The Man in the High Castle, which

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[bloodykitty]

Have you ever read Elisabeth Vonarburg?

[marlo]

No, I've never heard of her.

[bloodykitty]

She's a French/Quebecois feminist SF writer. She actually writes in French but Jane Brierley's translations are really enjoyable.

In case you're actually actively seeking feminist SF...

[marlo]

Cool! Thanks! Which of her books do you like best?

[patriciaburgess]

I feel this way about 'Stranger in a Strange Land'. I love some of the ideas it presents, but you always have to warn people about the ridiculous and overt sexism in the book, which is again almost cartoonish with people calling ladies "doll" and patting their behinds as they giggle.

[marlo]

Yeah, I couldn't stand that one. I would've been able to stomach the sexism if the second half of the book didn't tank so badly. I really liked Michael at the beginning, but the sex-church-cult thing was weird as shit to me.

[dwinghy]

Haha, I think part of the reason I never really noticed Phillip K. Dick's problems is because my entree to science fiction was Robert A. Heinlein. Man, I loved his juvenile books, but I couldn't make it through Stranger in a Strange Land. It's even worse than "I Shall Fear No Evil."