Oh, here’s a question! Have you ever read any Phillip K Dick? He’s weird and surreal in a way I really enjoy. The one thing I do not like about Dick, however, is he’s a misogynist. It’s not terrible, in the sense that he’s not writing books that revolve around gender conflicts, but there’s that underlying misogyny that’s so, so pervasive in older works by male authors.
If you want to give him a try, I’d start with Ubik and then probably Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Those are probably my favorite Phillip K Dick books.
Misogyny is rather common unfortunately (I mentioned in another comment reading Bukowski who is almost proudly misogynistic), but I’ve read American Psycho (one of the few books I really don’t think I should have read) and probably too much of de Sade’s The 120 Days of Sodom, so let’s just say my brain is probably rotted enough for anything at this point.
I did start Dick’s Man in the High Castle and while I really want to like Philip K. Dick because he fits my interests thematically, I’ve never been able to get into any of his writing (so far anyway), so I probably do need a little encouragement - I’ve long wanted to read Ubik, thank you.
Haha, it’s nowhere near as bad as American Psycho or de Sade, more on the level of Asimov, who I see you enjoy in another comment, so you should be good, misogyny-wise. I just like to say it, you know? Especially in a women’s space like this, it feels worth pointing out when books have that background-radiation misogyny that so many of them do.
I’d try Ubik, if I were you, it’s really, really good. I found it a complete page-turner, I literally couldn’t put it down.
Oh, here’s a question! Have you ever read any Phillip K Dick? He’s weird and surreal in a way I really enjoy. The one thing I do not like about Dick, however, is he’s a misogynist. It’s not terrible, in the sense that he’s not writing books that revolve around gender conflicts, but there’s that underlying misogyny that’s so, so pervasive in older works by male authors.
If you want to give him a try, I’d start with Ubik and then probably Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Those are probably my favorite Phillip K Dick books.
Misogyny is rather common unfortunately (I mentioned in another comment reading Bukowski who is almost proudly misogynistic), but I’ve read American Psycho (one of the few books I really don’t think I should have read) and probably too much of de Sade’s The 120 Days of Sodom, so let’s just say my brain is probably rotted enough for anything at this point.
I did start Dick’s Man in the High Castle and while I really want to like Philip K. Dick because he fits my interests thematically, I’ve never been able to get into any of his writing (so far anyway), so I probably do need a little encouragement - I’ve long wanted to read Ubik, thank you.
Haha, it’s nowhere near as bad as American Psycho or de Sade, more on the level of Asimov, who I see you enjoy in another comment, so you should be good, misogyny-wise. I just like to say it, you know? Especially in a women’s space like this, it feels worth pointing out when books have that background-radiation misogyny that so many of them do.
I’d try Ubik, if I were you, it’s really, really good. I found it a complete page-turner, I literally couldn’t put it down.