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I'm reading Bagombo Snuff Box at the moment.
It's a collection of his short stories. I find Vonnegut a bit hit and miss, though. He has a style of writing that I sometimes find really hard to get into.

I've been reading a bit of Philip K. Dick and Asimov recently, too.
(, Mon 11 May 2009, 16:49, archived)
I like Philip K Dick
Ubik was good, and A Maze of Death should be read purely for its ridiculousness.
(, Mon 11 May 2009, 16:52, archived)
I like Ubik, haven't read the other one.
My favourite novel of his is probably A Scanner Darkly, although many of his short stories are also excellent.

Some of his books I enjoy but find really confusing and can't really make sense of without a few rereads. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, for example. But he's very good at putting you into the minds of his characters.
(, Mon 11 May 2009, 16:56, archived)
A Scanner Darkly is very good
and Do androids dream of electric sheep?.

I know what you mean - he throws you into the books headfirst. I spend 2/3rds of it going "huh?" but then suddenly it all makes sense.
(, Mon 11 May 2009, 16:58, archived)