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  • Cover of Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
    Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

    series · 9 books · 1962

    completed

    Set in near future.

    “Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”

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    Start with The Man in the High Castle →

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  • Cover of Dream Archipelago
    Dream ArchipelagoSeries

    series · 16 books · 1976

    completed

    Literary & general.

    “Novels like The Affirmation and The Islanders, along with numerous short stories, revisit the setting from different, often contradictory angles rather than building one continuous narrative.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with An Infinite Summer →

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  • Cover of Time Out of Joint
    Time Out of JointNovel

    Philip K. Dick · standalone novel · 1959

    Dystopia, about virtual reality, set in our world and north america.

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  • Cover of Dhalgren
    DhalgrenNovel

    Samuel R. Delany · standalone novel · 1975

    Literary & general, challenging in tone, about loneliness, set in north america.

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  • Cover of The Drowned World
    The Drowned WorldNovel

    J. G. Ballard · standalone novel · 1962

    Post-apocalyptic, about ecological collapse and survival, set in near future.

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  • Cover of VALIS
    VALISSeries

    series · 4 books · 1981

    completed

    Challenging in tone, about faith and religion.

    “The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with VALIS →

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