I heard that PKD was a good author and so I looked for his work in the sci-fi section. As it happened, the very first book of his that I read was Confessions of a Crap Artist. It was hardly sci-fi but it was such an enjoyable read! The characters were colorful and life-like. I could imagine any one of them as neighbors or in-laws or acquaintances. The main questions were--what does crazy look like? What constitutes rational thought and "sane" behavior?

I can't wait to read more of his work!

The world would be a better place if more people were familiar with Dick!

Insightful, visionary with an undercurrent of the most wicked humour.

One of the best. He was a philospher as well as a gifted writer. The William Gibson of his era with regard to visionary warnings for society.

A visionary

Anyone realize how influential this writer has been in pop culture? His books and short stories have been adapted to screenplay more than any other writer in the history of cinema as far as I have been able to find: Blade Runner Minority Report Total Recall Imposter Screamers These are just the ones that I have been able to narrow down. There is another movie that is coming out but I don't know the title, seeing as I only saw the preview in passing. Amazing poise as a writer. Also, there are three major sci-fi awards: Nebula, Hugo, and PHILIP K DICK

Extremely good writer, so good that he is inaccessible to about half to two thirds of the fans of this genre.

Today Philip K.Dick would have been 75 years old!No longer among us his reputation is continuesly growing,and rightly so!His books may have flaws but taken as a whole he is absolutely TOP OF THE LINE!

For all the flaws in his writing, Philip K Dick is probably one of the very very few Sci-Fi that will find his way into the history of General litterature. He used the genre of sci fi to tackle philosophical issues that couldn't be treated trough any other genre. His curses : he had to write to earn his bread (and hence write fast) and that probably prevented him from writing absolute masterpieces.

Good, if he was more coherent, would be great.