I love PKD's writing, it's entertaining and full of heart and good concepts and I can read through them like nothing. I don't like slogging through highbrow shit just to say that I did.
Who are some other writers like PKD?
Others like PKD
Cooper Cook
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Eli Perez
Jack Vance
Ursula Le Goin
Michael Moorcock
Asimov
Grrm
Ryder Hernandez
JG Ballard's 70s stuff, High Rise, Concrete Island, Crash etc. It aint aint sci fi but its good shit
Anthony Rodriguez
>Asimov
Dull. Not at all like PKD.
David Lee
Harlan Ellison
Juan Richardson
ask reddit unironically
Hunter Barnes
Arthur S. Halsey Jr., if you can find any of it
Elijah Diaz
Alastair Reynolds
Aaron Perez
I was reading Roberto Bolaño's The Spirit of Science Fiction a few months ago and I made a list of all the persons he mentions (pic related). Bolaño was a huge sci-fi fan even going as far as considering Dick as one of the best writers of the 20th century and including a line from an obscure Soviet author very few people have heard of in his manifest. I hope the list helps, user.
Liam Torres
Doesn't have to be science fiction necessarily, just looking for anything that well written with good concepts that isn't a total slog to read or masturbatory
Aaron Kelly
alred bester definitely. the demolished man seems like something dick would write
Jayden Jenkins
Clive Barker's a smooth and soulful writer, his stuff is horror if that interests you. I recommend Cabal to start with. Also, check out Grant Morrison's the Invisibles. It's inspired by Dick's personal experiences and lots of other conspiracy lore; it really draws you in.
Owen Jenkins
Wallace
Pynchon
Joyce
Evan Miller
>Who are some other writers like PKD?
You might try here:
>philipkdickaward.org
They try to summon his spirit a bit. I read one of them; Headcrash by Bruce Bethke. He had many of the same strengths and weaknesses as PKD. This may be what you seek.
Gavin Russell
Caleb Jones
Lol
Julian Wright
Good post
Easton Russell
There is a back issue of the Lifted Brow with a story in it. Most of the zines he's in have gone 404.
Austin Rodriguez
All of the authors of that list are great,didn't know Bolaño was so based
Owen Sullivan
I actually love DFW but I already read IJ and Oblivion, like pynchon a lot as well read V and TCOL49. Not ready for GR yet and M+D I put down at the third chapter, thought it was boring and nonsensical in the least endearing way.
Haven't touched Joyce and not sure if I ever will.
Cameron Fisher
>Silverberg
Criminally underrated with a massive output.
Recommended titles
>Book of Skulls
>Dying Inside
>Tower of Glass
>The Second Trip
>A World Inside
Ive read a couple others long ago but the titles escape me. They're a solid combination of psychadelia and intricate character study.
Nicholas Wright
Barrington J. Bayley