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OrwellwasRight

(5,292 posts) Mon Oct 13, 2025, 05:35 PM Oct 13

Philip K. Dick [View all]

Why didn’t somebody turn me on to this guy when I was in high school? That’s when I became a life long fan of Vonnegut and Orwell. Started Le Guin in middle school, too! I also dabbled Huxley and Bradbury in high school. Someone recommended Heinlein to me after college (Blech!). But nobody ever said you gotta go read this great social commentary sci fi by Dick and there is loads of it out there. I just ready The Penultimate Truth and it is so relevant—and there are like 30 more books to read.

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Philip K. Dick [View all] OrwellwasRight Oct 13 OP

He was a major player in the Sci Fi expansion of the 50's through the 70's patphil Oct 13 #1

There are so many Dick books. OrwellwasRight Oct 15 #11

Put Ellison on your list. Heinlein predicted the world you are living in better than anyone alive or dead. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 13 #2

I recall Heinlein's Moon Is A Harsh Mistress... Pluvious Oct 14 #6

Yes. 1966, a time when computers were rooms you walked into. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 14 #7

Ah right, only a decade off lol Pluvious Oct 14 #9

The Heinlein I read was Stranger in a Strange Land OrwellwasRight Oct 15 #13

Thanks for the recommendation! OrwellwasRight Oct 15 #10

Dangerous Visions is a collection that he edited which has one of his Bernardo de La Paz Oct 15 #12

Thanks! Nt OrwellwasRight Oct 15 #14

Your "Blech" author helped Dick -- a stranger -- when he was ill, and even loaned him money. rsdsharp Oct 13 #3

Proof that people can be great humans OrwellwasRight Oct 15 #15

PK Dick and Ellison have been my staples since high school. byronius Oct 13 #4

Thanks! Nt OrwellwasRight Oct 15 #16

If you use kindle, there's a great collection of 20 of his stories EverHopeful Oct 13 #5

I don't use kindle, but thanks. OrwellwasRight Oct 15 #17

If you can, watch the series... Pluvious Oct 14 #8

Thanks!! OrwellwasRight Oct 15 #18

I just remembered... Pluvious Oct 15 #19

Thx. Robert Downey Jr, right? OrwellwasRight Oct 18 #20

Yes, and Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Woody Harelson... Pluvious Oct 19 #21