Poll

I voted for Mainstream as I've got Puttering About In A Small Land waiting to be read. I won't mind reading any other Philip K. Dick work, though.

The only non-PKD books I'd be likely to read would be a Tim Powers or a K. W. Jeter, but don't let that sway anybody's vote ;-)

I always find it peculiarly refreshing when I visit one of the less-known works... So, the earliest the better, since you don't get to discuss these much.

I voted for 70s PKD books, i have been reading him by publishing years so i have read mostly 50s and 60s books.

I will be involved in the group read if there is PKD book. I have no interest in other authors for group reads. I can read Tim Powers,Letheam and co on their own time.

The next PKD book I'll be reading is Dr. Bloodmoney so I voted for the sixties era.

I'm new to PKD still; I've only read the short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," and then The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, so for me, another novel of that era is just what I'm pining for at this point. Mayhaps Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said?

a 60s era PKD book won. We only had 31 voters, so I think we need to keep the list of books to vote on to around 5, otherwise we may easily get a big tie for all the choices.

I think we'll just let the first 5 people to reply hear nominate a book from the list below and then we'll have a group vote to pick a winner. You can pick anything as long as think it would make a good discussion book (although they all probably do)

Using wikipedia.org's bibliography, the first date is the year written and the second is the year published. Feel free to pick from any group:

written in 60s and published in 60s

1961 The Man in the High Castle 1962
1962 Martian Time-Slip 1964
1963 Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb 1965
1963 The Game-Players of Titan 1963
1963 The Simulacra 1964
1963 The Crack in Space 1966
1963 Now Wait for Last Year 1966
1964 Clans of the Alphane Moon 1964
1964 The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 1965
1964 The Zap Gun 1967
1964 The Penultimate Truth 1964
1964 The Unteleported Man 1966 as Lies, Inc. (1984)
1965 The Ganymede Takeover 1967 with Ray Nelson
1965 Counter-Clock World 1967
1966 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968
1966 Ubik 1969
1968 Galactic Pot-Healer 1969


written in 60s and published later

1960 The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike 1984
1960 Humpty Dumpty in Oakland 1986
1962 We Can Build You 1972
1964 Deus Irae 1976 with Roger Zelazny
1966 Nick and the Glimmung 1988 for children
1968 A Maze of Death 1970
1969 Our Friends from Frolix 8 1970


written in 50s and published in 60s

1953 Vulcan's Hammer 1960
1953 Dr. Futurity 1960

Counter clock world? Some interesting topics there, and it's a bit of an awkward book I feel...

I nominate The Simulacra 1964 .

I nominate Now We Wait for Last Year.

I nominate, "Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb".

Counter-Clock World
The Simulacra
Now Wait for Last Year
Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb

need 1 more nomination, unless a few jump in first to say just leave it at those 4.

I'm in the mood for a lesser known PKD book too. I'll go with The Game-Players of Titan.

Game-Players of Titan... good choice. It can qualify as lesser known, but that title also appears to be somewhat of a cult favorite with Dick fans