At another time I'll try to give a more cogent commentary on specific works, but for now I'll just mention that I'm almost done reading four novels by Philip K. Dick. They are: "The Man In The High Tower", "The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch", "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?", and "Ubik". This author's strange thinking has influenced me more than I realized. I had, years ago, read the first of these four novels and some other works by this author. Now in rereading the one and reading some new novels, I have realized that some of my ways of thinking and writing parallel this author.
Edit (20080317):
Completed these four novels on Saturday. I won't have time write anything about these works, so I am just internalizing some of the hallmarks of PKD's writing, to wit: realistic characterization, perceptive reality, psycho-philosophical ruminations, etc.
So now that I am making a conscious effort to analyze what I am reading, it will be interesting what will start happening as I begin again to write stories.
Neue Ansicht
Novo Visum
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment