On 13 Nov 2006 02:10:19 -0800, Marc.DeleteThis@y-dib.co.uk wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Is anybody to recomemnd any other others who'se work is "like" PKD's
>(or rather, who someone that's a fan of PKD would enjoy)? Most
>SF/fantasy I can find seems to be of the "20000 years in the future" or
>"20000 years in the past" variery, with people with wholy unlikely
>names setting off on some quest or other (this usually makes me stop
>reading after about 20 pages).
>
>Just worried that I'll run out of PKD stories to read one of these
>days!
>
>Thanks!
You may like Christopher Priest. He isnt exactly like PKD but there
are elements in his work that are very PKD like, although he is on
record as saying he doesnt care much for PKD, but I dont hold that
against him.
His earlier stuff is more standard SF than his later work (but still
interesting - * A Dream of Wessex* for example) but I prefer the
later, more realistic work. Books like *The Glamour*, *The Prestige*,
*The Extremes* are all disconcerting and play with the nature of
reality and there comes a point of dislocation in many of them, just
like in PKD, that is disorienting and unsettling. More literary than
PKD, except for the occasional novelisation (he did the novelisation
of Existenz). Sometimes its not clear just what is going on and there
is often a lot of room for your own interpretation. Well worth at
least one book. Try one of the ones I mention.
>> Stay informed about: Any other authors like PKD?? 
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