Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | 
pickPK Dick is the author of Ubik, one of my favorite novels of all-time, as well as one of my favorite short stories of all-time, Upon The Dull Earth. This is all of the stories that were adapted for the tv series (haven't watched). Although I have read a few of Dick's novels & a handful of stories prior to reading this volume, I suspect that this wasn't necessarily his greatest stories. That would be a tall order as the insanely prolific (cont)
vivastory author wrote 44 novels & 121 (!) stories in 53 years. Take that Stephen King! Still there were quite a few memorable pieces in here: The Hanging Stranger, Sales Pitch, Foster You're Dead, The Impossible Planet & The Father-Thing (so creepy). PK Dick has a great knack for putting a spin on well-known tropes, his stories often leave me with more questions than answers. (edited) 10mo
CatLass007 @vivastory Isaac Asimov wrote and published 40 novels, 383 short stories, over 280 nonfiction books, and edited about 147 others. Take that, Stephen King! Here‘s how he did it: https://qz.com/886038/isaac-asimov-wrote-almost-500-books-in-his-lifetime-these-... (edited) 10mo
CatLass007 @vivastory Here is a list of 21 of the most prolific authors of all time: https://irisreading.com/10-of-the-most-prolific-authors-of-all-time/ 10mo
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vivastory @CatLass007 Interesting list. Love Simenon & Dickinson. 10mo
CatLass007 @vivastory This just indicates that I now need to add to my already ginormous Audible wish list of 5,824 books. 10mo
RamsFan1963 @vivastory Have you read The Philip K. Dick Reader? Its has some of his best, and best known, short stories, like "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" (the basis for the movie Total Recall), and "The Minority Report" (the basis for the movie of the same name). I usually recommend it to anyone who's interested in PKD's writing. 10mo
vivastory @RamsFan1963 I will definitely be looking into that. Thanks so much for the recommendation! 10mo
Aimeesue PKD has always struck me as a guy who had incredible ideas and imagination whose writing didn‘t always match the height of those ideas. When it does, it‘s awesome; when it doesn‘t, I feel super disappointed. I think that because of that though, a lot of his stories made excellent movies/TV, because they‘re about the concept or ideas more than anything. 10mo
vivastory @Aimeesue I wholeheartedly agree with what you said. I have read only three novels by him. However 2 of them were 5 star reads for me. One of them was disappointing, yet is the basis for one of the most iconic SF movies of all-time: Blade Runner. 10mo
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