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Originally Posted by Diggler  People had pointed out to me that Dick kind of went downhill during the early 70's. I actually liked every novel I've read of his... Except for Man in the High Castle. It was my first experience with PKD and was probably a bit too deep for me to understand at the time.
As for Valis and UBIK. UBIK is up there with Flow My Tears and would probably make a brilliant movie. Valis is, well, bizarre. Though in a good way 
I also highly recommend PKD's short story collections, which include Second Variety. While a lot of them touch on common PKD theme's, there is quite a lot of variety to be had. |
Of his 70's compositions I've only read
Flow My Tears ... (1970) and
Radio Free Albemuth (1976), both are absolutely fantastic works. But having just read
The Cosmic Puppets (1953) I think his work from the 60's are clearly the most impressive and perhaps the blackest. I would pose that he went from black in the 60s to bleak in the 70s.
As for Ubik as a movie, definitely! I recently watched Cold Souls with Paul Giamatti (hasn't he done a Dick biopic?) and was reminded of aspects of Ubik. Personally I can't get enough of his stuff, but it is bloody hard to come by (yes, I know I should get my Dick fix online).