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# Go for short-story collections
He's at his best in short stories. The novels can get a bit... extended. As if he didn't really know what was going on any more than you do. Not all of them, but certainly a significant number.

In a PKD short story you get about as much 'idea' as a novel (by mass) without too much extended plot. Hence why films are usually adapted from his short stories.

(I have a soft spot for Eye in the Sky, but I know it isn't considered a classic. I just think it's the perfect archetype of his novels)
(, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 20:40, archived)