Caltrops - Dead Trees





	[quote name="Lufteufel"][quote name="CrackerBarrel"]I watched Blade runner for maybe only the third time last night and I'm really beginning to fall in love with Dick's vision. So, I'm looking for a little Dick to hold in my hands in bed before I go to sleep at night. But I'm really new to the world of Dick, anyone have any good suggestions other than <i>Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep?</I>[/quote] I enjoyed <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~ashwood/deus.html">this one</a>, obviously. Most of his later stuff tends to be pretty heavily influenced by Gnostic themes. Dick was improving as a writer right up until his death; the <b>Valis</b> trilogy represents some of his most brilliantly surreal work. The five-volume collection of short stories is a real page turner, and <b>The Man in the High Castle</b> is the Grandaddy of all parallel universe Nazi stories. <b>The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch</b> is one of my favorites, as are <b>Ubik</b> and <b>Eye in the Sky</b>. Be aware that most of his pulp books from the 50s and 60s were written in a 24-hour meth-addled craze, so they tend to be a bit rough. That's part of their appeal, of course.[/quote]