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PKD Update II
By Matt Margolis | October 17, 2007
I’ve now finished the first volume of Philip K. Dick’s collected short stories.
In my last update, I gave a list of my favorite stories from which I’d read up to that point. It’s hard for me to say which of the short stories I’d like to add to that list, because, literally, they were all good. If I have to pick some, I would say I really enjoyed The Infinites, The Variable Man, The Indefatigable Frog, The Crystal Crypt, Meddler, and of course Paycheck (which I’d read before and loved). I also should mention The Great C, Colony, and Prize Ship for also being good stories that kept me hooked until the end.
I’ve never been really into science fiction before, but PKD’s short stories have been an absolute pleasure to read. I like how they keep you entranced to the end, wondering what’s going to happen, or trying to guess just where PKD is going to take a particular theme — and usually being wrong, but not disappointed.
So, one volume down, four more to go. I am debating whether or not I should space things out a bit and read a PKD novel in between the volumes of short stories.
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