‘Game-Players of Titan’ (1963) among PKD’s wildest, weirdest rides
PKD flashback (Book review): In “The Game-Players of Titan, Dick’s delicious ideas leave the narrative in the dust, but it’s a fun read.
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‘Game-Players of Titan’ (1963) among PKD’s wildest, weirdest rides
PKD writes memorable female lead in ‘Mary and the Giant’ (1987)
PKD flashback (Book review): Dick gives a rare try at writing a complex woman in his 1950s realist novel “Mary and the Giant.”
PKD jumps through time in ‘Dr. Futurity’ (1960)
PKD flashback (Book review): This early SF effort explores weird possibilities of time travel.
PKD predates ‘Terminator’ with ‘Vulcan’s Hammer’ (1960)
PKD flashback (Book review): “Vulcan’s Hammer” is perhaps an early influence on “The Terminator.”
PKD’s ‘Voices from the Street’ (2007) a new coming-of-age classic
PKD flashback (Book review): Dick was only 24 when he wrote this impressive, sweeping novel about a depressive young Bay Area man.
A PKD sad sack travels ‘In Milton Lumky Territory’ (1985)
PKD flashback (Book review): Another of Dick’s Fifties novels in the Western states sees the light of day.
PKD wraps non-SF stretch with ‘Humpty Dumpty in Oakland’ (1986)
PKD flashback (Book review): PKD’s last-written Bay Area realist novel is also among his best.
The top 20 ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Angel’ books
Book list: John picks the 20 elite “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel” novels out of the nearly 100 spinoff books published since 1997.
‘Cosmic Puppets’ (1957) is among PKD’s weakest novels
PKD flashback (Book review): This early novel is among Dick’s weirdest and weakest efforts.
PKD’s ‘Lies, Inc.’ an awkward expansion of ‘Unteleported Man’
PKD flashback (Book review): Dick awkwardly expands a novella into one of his weakest novels.