Sabīne Bērziņa @sabineberzina.bsky.social

I'm super curious to read some now. Is "do androids dream of electric sheep" a good place to start or is there something that's more on the theme?

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Doctor Memory @blank.org [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 13:50 UTC

Purely my opinion but no: DADOES was written during his peak “cranking out 5 novels a year on meth to pay the bills” period, was basically a mashup of two earlier short stories, and wouldn’t be considered notable if they hadn’t adapted it into a movie. Start with “UBIK” or “Eye in the Sky.”

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Alex Remington @alexremington.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 13:07 UTC

Yes, I'd agree that that's the best place to start. A Scanner Darkly would be a good one after that. The Man in the High Castle is good, too, though more unusual in the catalogue.

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 14:40 UTC

I think his short stories are the place to go rather than his novels, Ubik apart

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