My first post was removed as a recommendation request, so I’ll try to rephrase it for the rules of the sub.
I’ve been a big fan of Blade Runner since as long as I can remember and have been aware of Phillip K. Dick due to adaptations of his work to the visual medium for nearly as long. However, up until recently I never read him. One day I decided to pick up a few of his novels from a local book store to rectify this, and started with The Man in the High Castle.
Well… I hated it. I found the writing style unencaptivating, the characters completely flat, the exploration of the imagined world unrealized, and the total arc of the story completely unsatisfying.
Did anyone have a different experience with this book? Do you feel that Phillip K. Dick is a genius under his sometimes incomprehensible storytelling? Or do you think he was only good at coming up with ideas that were effectively adapted to film without being able to deliver on them himself?
by astamouth