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“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro”*…
Philip K. Dick, whose work appeared from the 1950s into the early 1980s, is one of those too-rare writers whose deep questions–and the mind-bending ideas they spawned– are at least as relevant today as then. Jared Shurin offers a path in…
Philip K. Dick is a persistent, iconic cultural presence. His work has given us Blade Runner, Minority Report, The Man in the High Castle, A Scanner Darkly and a pair of Total Recall movies (one of which is an undisputed cinematic classic, the other of which has Colin Farrell). Like all adaptations, these all have a strained (and occasionally distant) relationship with the source material. But however bastardised they are, they demonstrate the greatest strength of PKD’s work: the big idea.
Science fiction’s history is filled with big ideas. But Philip K. Dick had an exceptional, if not unmatched, ability to think about the biggest ideas of them all. What if we are not who we think we are? What are memories if they are not our own? What if reality itself were not, in any sense, real? His work is unbothered with how we make fusion energy or break light speed or maintain life on the moon. The ‘how’ and the ‘what’ are often taken for granted; traditional science fiction platforms used as launch pads for deeper, more provocative expeditions into perception, interpretation, and the nature of truth itself.
Big Ideas are great for inspiring Big Movies, even if something gets lost in translation along the way. Why have Arnie wrestle with existential angst when he can pull a giant metal booger out of his brain instead? With that ease in mind, it is hardly a surprise that Dick thrives in adaptation while his fiction, I’m sorry to say, remains (relatively, at least) unappreciated.
This is not entirely Hollywood’s fault. Dick is inspirational. He’s exciting! He is challenging and surprising, always finding ways to push ideas forward; often beyond the point of exhaustion. His books can twist like a child’s tangled Slinky, and be—frankly—just as infuriating to unwind. In short, and I say this in full transparency: PKD’s works can be hard to read. Especially if one goes in expecting the film.
They are, however, well worth reading. Below, you’ll find a few suggestions on where to start, and why. I’m a believer in not plunging into the deep end, which, with Dick, can be outright abyssal. Instead, there’s merit in starting with some of the slightly more straightforward (for him) works, which riff off recognisable tropes and scenarios, but in a uniquely Dickian way. (I’m sure there are many brilliant readers out there that read VALIS when they were ten and think I’m a big weenie. I look forward to hearing from you in the comments.)…
There follows a path into the extraordinary works of PKD.
A reader’s guide: “Jump in the Deep End With Philip K. Dick,” from @reactorsff.bsky.social.
FWIW, your correspondent, while agreeing that VALIS (and The Divine Invasion) are titles to hold until one is acclimated, would include Time Out of Joint (1959) as one of the novels with which to start… but then, that’s the point of lists like this :)
* Hunter S. Thompson
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As we wrestle with reality, we might recall that it was on this date in 1993 (on the anniversary of the introduction of the first “TV dinner” about 40 years earlier) that the The X-Files, created by Chris Carter, premiered on Fox. The series– which followed FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) as they investigated unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena, government conspiracies, and extraterrestrial life– spawned two feature films, multiple spin-offs, a revival series, and a dedicated fanbase known as “X-Philes.” The show’s tagline, “The Truth Is Out There,” has, of course, become an enduring phrase in popular culture.
#art #ChrisCarter #culture #DavidDuchovny #GillianAnderson #history #JaredShurin #literature #PhilipKDick #ScienceFiction #scifi #television #TVDinner #XFiles -
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro”*…
Philip K. Dick, whose work appeared from the 1950s into the early 1980s, is one of those too-rare writers whose deep questions–and the mind-bending ideas they spawned– are at least as relevant today as then. Jared Shurin offers a path in…
Philip K. Dick is a persistent, iconic cultural presence. His work has given us Blade Runner, Minority Report, The Man in the High Castle, A Scanner Darkly and a pair of Total Recall movies (one of which is an undisputed cinematic classic, the other of which has Colin Farrell). Like all adaptations, these all have a strained (and occasionally distant) relationship with the source material. But however bastardised they are, they demonstrate the greatest strength of PKD’s work: the big idea.
Science fiction’s history is filled with big ideas. But Philip K. Dick had an exceptional, if not unmatched, ability to think about the biggest ideas of them all. What if we are not who we think we are? What are memories if they are not our own? What if reality itself were not, in any sense, real? His work is unbothered with how we make fusion energy or break light speed or maintain life on the moon. The ‘how’ and the ‘what’ are often taken for granted; traditional science fiction platforms used as launch pads for deeper, more provocative expeditions into perception, interpretation, and the nature of truth itself.
Big Ideas are great for inspiring Big Movies, even if something gets lost in translation along the way. Why have Arnie wrestle with existential angst when he can pull a giant metal booger out of his brain instead? With that ease in mind, it is hardly a surprise that Dick thrives in adaptation while his fiction, I’m sorry to say, remains (relatively, at least) unappreciated.
This is not entirely Hollywood’s fault. Dick is inspirational. He’s exciting! He is challenging and surprising, always finding ways to push ideas forward; often beyond the point of exhaustion. His books can twist like a child’s tangled Slinky, and be—frankly—just as infuriating to unwind. In short, and I say this in full transparency: PKD’s works can be hard to read. Especially if one goes in expecting the film.
They are, however, well worth reading. Below, you’ll find a few suggestions on where to start, and why. I’m a believer in not plunging into the deep end, which, with Dick, can be outright abyssal. Instead, there’s merit in starting with some of the slightly more straightforward (for him) works, which riff off recognisable tropes and scenarios, but in a uniquely Dickian way. (I’m sure there are many brilliant readers out there that read VALIS when they were ten and think I’m a big weenie. I look forward to hearing from you in the comments.)…
There follows a path into the extraordinary works of PKD.
A reader’s guide: “Jump in the Deep End With Philip K. Dick,” from @reactorsff.bsky.social.
FWIW, your correspondent, while agreeing that VALIS (and The Divine Invasion) are titles to hold until one is acclimated, would include Time Out of Joint (1959) as one of the novels with which to start… but then, that’s the point of lists like this :)
* Hunter S. Thompson
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As we wrestle with reality, we might recall that it was on this date in 1993 (on the anniversary of the introduction of the first “TV dinner” about 40 years earlier) that the The X-Files, created by Chris Carter, premiered on Fox. The series– which followed FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) as they investigated unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena, government conspiracies, and extraterrestrial life– spawned two feature films, multiple spin-offs, a revival series, and a dedicated fanbase known as “X-Philes.” The show’s tagline, “The Truth Is Out There,” has, of course, become an enduring phrase in popular culture.
#art #ChrisCarter #culture #DavidDuchovny #GillianAnderson #history #JaredShurin #literature #PhilipKDick #ScienceFiction #TVDinner #XFiles -
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro”*…
Philip K. Dick, whose work appeared from the 1950s into the early 1980s, is one of those too-rare writers whose deep questions–and the mind-bending ideas they spawned– are at least as relevant today as then. Jared Shurin offers a path in…
Philip K. Dick is a persistent, iconic cultural presence. His work has given us Blade Runner, Minority Report, The Man in the High Castle, A Scanner Darkly and a pair of Total Recall movies (one of which is an undisputed cinematic classic, the other of which has Colin Farrell). Like all adaptations, these all have a strained (and occasionally distant) relationship with the source material. But however bastardised they are, they demonstrate the greatest strength of PKD’s work: the big idea.
Science fiction’s history is filled with big ideas. But Philip K. Dick had an exceptional, if not unmatched, ability to think about the biggest ideas of them all. What if we are not who we think we are? What are memories if they are not our own? What if reality itself were not, in any sense, real? His work is unbothered with how we make fusion energy or break light speed or maintain life on the moon. The ‘how’ and the ‘what’ are often taken for granted; traditional science fiction platforms used as launch pads for deeper, more provocative expeditions into perception, interpretation, and the nature of truth itself.
Big Ideas are great for inspiring Big Movies, even if something gets lost in translation along the way. Why have Arnie wrestle with existential angst when he can pull a giant metal booger out of his brain instead? With that ease in mind, it is hardly a surprise that Dick thrives in adaptation while his fiction, I’m sorry to say, remains (relatively, at least) unappreciated.
This is not entirely Hollywood’s fault. Dick is inspirational. He’s exciting! He is challenging and surprising, always finding ways to push ideas forward; often beyond the point of exhaustion. His books can twist like a child’s tangled Slinky, and be—frankly—just as infuriating to unwind. In short, and I say this in full transparency: PKD’s works can be hard to read. Especially if one goes in expecting the film.
They are, however, well worth reading. Below, you’ll find a few suggestions on where to start, and why. I’m a believer in not plunging into the deep end, which, with Dick, can be outright abyssal. Instead, there’s merit in starting with some of the slightly more straightforward (for him) works, which riff off recognisable tropes and scenarios, but in a uniquely Dickian way. (I’m sure there are many brilliant readers out there that read VALIS when they were ten and think I’m a big weenie. I look forward to hearing from you in the comments.)…
There follows a path into the extraordinary works of PKD.
A reader’s guide: “Jump in the Deep End With Philip K. Dick,” from @reactorsff.bsky.social.
FWIW, your correspondent, while agreeing that VALIS (and The Divine Invasion) are titles to hold until one is acclimated, would include Time Out of Joint (1959) as one of the novels with which to start… but then, that’s the point of lists like this :)
* Hunter S. Thompson
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As we wrestle with reality, we might recall that it was on this date in 1993 (on the anniversary of the introduction of the first “TV dinner” about 40 years earlier) that the The X-Files, created by Chris Carter, premiered on Fox. The series– which followed FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) as they investigated unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena, government conspiracies, and extraterrestrial life– spawned two feature films, multiple spin-offs, a revival series, and a dedicated fanbase known as “X-Philes.” The show’s tagline, “The Truth Is Out There,” has, of course, become an enduring phrase in popular culture.
#art #ChrisCarter #culture #DavidDuchovny #GillianAnderson #history #JaredShurin #literature #PhilipKDick #ScienceFiction #TVDinner #XFiles -
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro”*…
Philip K. Dick, whose work appeared from the 1950s into the early 1980s, is one of those too-rare writers whose deep questions–and the mind-bending ideas they spawned– are at least as relevant today as then. Jared Shurin offers a path in…
Philip K. Dick is a persistent, iconic cultural presence. His work has given us Blade Runner, Minority Report, The Man in the High Castle, A Scanner Darkly and a pair of Total Recall movies (one of which is an undisputed cinematic classic, the other of which has Colin Farrell). Like all adaptations, these all have a strained (and occasionally distant) relationship with the source material. But however bastardised they are, they demonstrate the greatest strength of PKD’s work: the big idea.
Science fiction’s history is filled with big ideas. But Philip K. Dick had an exceptional, if not unmatched, ability to think about the biggest ideas of them all. What if we are not who we think we are? What are memories if they are not our own? What if reality itself were not, in any sense, real? His work is unbothered with how we make fusion energy or break light speed or maintain life on the moon. The ‘how’ and the ‘what’ are often taken for granted; traditional science fiction platforms used as launch pads for deeper, more provocative expeditions into perception, interpretation, and the nature of truth itself.
Big Ideas are great for inspiring Big Movies, even if something gets lost in translation along the way. Why have Arnie wrestle with existential angst when he can pull a giant metal booger out of his brain instead? With that ease in mind, it is hardly a surprise that Dick thrives in adaptation while his fiction, I’m sorry to say, remains (relatively, at least) unappreciated.
This is not entirely Hollywood’s fault. Dick is inspirational. He’s exciting! He is challenging and surprising, always finding ways to push ideas forward; often beyond the point of exhaustion. His books can twist like a child’s tangled Slinky, and be—frankly—just as infuriating to unwind. In short, and I say this in full transparency: PKD’s works can be hard to read. Especially if one goes in expecting the film.
They are, however, well worth reading. Below, you’ll find a few suggestions on where to start, and why. I’m a believer in not plunging into the deep end, which, with Dick, can be outright abyssal. Instead, there’s merit in starting with some of the slightly more straightforward (for him) works, which riff off recognisable tropes and scenarios, but in a uniquely Dickian way. (I’m sure there are many brilliant readers out there that read VALIS when they were ten and think I’m a big weenie. I look forward to hearing from you in the comments.)…
There follows a path into the extraordinary works of PKD.
A reader’s guide: “Jump in the Deep End With Philip K. Dick,” from @reactorsff.bsky.social.
FWIW, your correspondent, while agreeing that VALIS (and The Divine Invasion) are titles to hold until one is acclimated, would include Time Out of Joint (1959) as one of the novels with which to start… but then, that’s the point of lists like this :)
* Hunter S. Thompson
###
As we wrestle with reality, we might recall that it was on this date in 1993 (on the anniversary of the introduction of the first “TV dinner” about 40 years earlier) that the The X-Files, created by Chris Carter, premiered on Fox. The series– which followed FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) as they investigated unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena, government conspiracies, and extraterrestrial life– spawned two feature films, multiple spin-offs, a revival series, and a dedicated fanbase known as “X-Philes.” The show’s tagline, “The Truth Is Out There,” has, of course, become an enduring phrase in popular culture.
#art #ChrisCarter #culture #DavidDuchovny #GillianAnderson #history #JaredShurin #literature #PhilipKDick #ScienceFiction #TVDinner #XFiles -
Another weekend and another charity shop haul. Three more Arthur C Clarke books: "The Deep Range"; "Childhood's End"; and "The Fountains of Paradise". Also "The Man in the High Castle" by Phillip K Dick. Finally I picked up “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes” by Arthur Conan Doyle. All in it cost me £11 which I think is pretty good going. #bookhaul #charityshop #arthurcclarke #philipkdick #arthurconandoyle #books #bookstodon
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Mettez de la science-fiction et de la fantasy dans votre été !
Réécoutez nos émissions "Sense of Wonder" dans le podcast Actusf. Elles reviennent sur les grands classiques de l'imaginaire !
Rendez-vous sur toutes les plateformes de podcasts (Deezer, Spotify, Ausha).
#sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #fantasybooks #fantasybook #ursulakleguin #philipkdick #robertsilverberg #octaviabutler
Par ici : https://podcast.ausha.co/actusf/playlist/sense-of-wonder
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Two Cyberpunk shows are coming and I am super excited. This is probably my favourite sub-genre of SF.
Blade Runner 2099 was shifted from 2027 to November 2026 likely due to the fact that Neuromancer was announced as coming in January 2027.
For Neuromancer I’m only concerned that the lead doesn’t look sick and wasted enough as Case. I can get over that.
Unfortunately, I’ve already seen people on ShitTube saying Neuromancer’s Molly shouldn’t be a person of colour and apparently Blade Runner 2099 is terrible and garbage because of women.
No one has seen either show.
I really fucking just can’t with these toxic arseholes masquerading as fans.
Me, ima watch the shit out of both, fuck the haters.
#Neuromancer #BladeRunner2099 #BladeRunner #Cyberpunk #WilliamGibson #PhilipKDick
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Fantapolemiche del weekend
Non sono più una ragazza, e lo dico con quella serenità che arriva solo dopo molti anni di giornalismo, parecchi scaffali riempiti e un numero imprecisato di entusiasmi sopravvissuti alla prova del tempo. Da bambina mio padre mi metteva in mano Asimov, Heinlein e Vance con la stessa naturalezza con cui altri, più prudenti, consegnano le fiabe. È stata una fortuna enorme. Alla fantascienza devo la curiosità, il vizio di guardare di lato, l’abitudine a diffidare delle superfici lisce e […]https://leargenteetesteduovo.com/2026/06/30/fantapolemiche-del-weekend/
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Toute cette semaine, sur le podcast Actusf (on vous laisse aller chercher ça sur les plateformes de podcasts), on vous parle d'Uchronie.
Et aujourd'hui, Etienne Barillier nous fait un focus sur un chef d'oeuvre du genre : Le Maître du Haut Château !
#sciencefiction #uchronie #sciencefictionfan #filmsciencefiction #sciencefictionstories #PhilipKDick #litterature #sciencefictionbook
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On poursuit notre semaine spéciale Uchronie dans notre podcast !
Etienne Barillier nous raconte Le Maître du Haut Château...
Par ici : https://buff.ly/YtOgGj7
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Top ten posts in February 2026 https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/03/04/top-ten-posts-in-february-2026/ #abundance #Alchemy #AmbroseBierce #ancientPaganism #anthology #aries #austerelyRational #AustinOsmanSpare #behaviors #beliefs #bestPosts #bestTen #brain #ByzantineGreece #Camilla #Cassilda #christianCulture #christianity #civilians #classic #classicStudy #coherent #combined #cosmicFear #cosmology #culturalHistory #culture #DScottApel #daily #deeplyRooted #description #EPrime #earnestlyRomantic #earthEnergies #EasternEurope #EdwardianEngland #EightCircuitsOfTheBrainModel #emergence #esotericSymbols #esotericTraditions #Europe #farming #February2026 #fertility #folkMagic #forestDeities #FrancisYoung #gardening #GeneralSemantics #grimnessOfWar #grimoireTradition #hPLovecraft #habits #hideousPlay #historyOfIdeas #humanThought #humorous #improve #integrate #intellectualInterests #interconnectedNarratives #interpretations #JeremyHush #johnMichaelGreer #Journal #kabbalah #labyrinth #landSpirits #language #library #linguisticConventions #longAfterlife #magic #magicTexts #magicalStudies #magicalTexts #ManlyPHall #massMovement #mesmerizingSeries #middleAges #modernPaganism #monasticLife #monks #moonWork #mystical #mysticalExperiences #nature #natureBased #nonAristotelianLogic #nonEuclideanGeometries #NorthAmerica #notableHeights #occult #occultInterests #orthodoxWorldview #paganism #perception #personalAccount #philipKDick #plantMagic #practical #Practice #practices #preChristianReligion #prevailingView #prosePoems #quantumMechanics #RFaradayNelson #RainerMariaRilke #recurringCharacters #reiki #relativity #religiousInsiders #religiousStudies #remarkableCollection #RenaissanceFlorence #RevivedPaganisms #revolutionaryParis #revolutionized #richDiversity #ritual #robertAntonWilson #robertWChambers #RobinDouglas #STJoshi #ScienceFiction #shamanism #SophiePage #stridentlyNationalistic #struggles #study #summary #summaryOfTheMonth #survive #TaoistPrinciples #TheKingInYellow #thoughtPatterns #thoughts #ToddElliott #topPosts #topTen #traditions #universe #values #viewOfTheWorld #weatherMagic #weirdFiction #westernEsotericism #WesternEurope #world #yourself #ZaneAcord -
Keeping fighting! 🫡
Keep organizing we outnumber them!
This dark time too will pass
#PhilipKDick - Recounts His Life in an Alternate Timeline ( #TrumpsAmerica) Fighting Against a "Fascist Police State"
https://youtu.be/a6NfQTgOVmc?si=kbrBmxGyjsfGiOxb
#ICE #DHS #CampOfSaints #SciFi predicts & recalls this timeline 👨🎨
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My #best reads list for 2025 was, well, hopelessly #eclectic: #CharlesTaylor, #ManueldeLanda, #VaclavSmil, #PhilipKDick, #IrisMurdoch, #AlisdairMacIntyre, #JamesCScott, #HPLovecraft, etc #books #BookSky #BestReads #fiction #nonfiction #reading doncurren.blogspot.com/2026/01/five...
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Here it is - a couple of days late and a little wonkier than I'd planned. My list of the most notable #books I read in 2025. #BookSky #reading #fiction #nonfiction #novels #sciencefiction #PhilipKDick #IrisMurdoch #CharlesTaylor #ManueldeLanda #Canadianbooks doncurren.blogspot.com/2026/01/five...
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“(Philip K Dick’s) work hasn’t aged at all. He is probably read even more keenly today, when the loss of so many realities at once makes us yearn for what’s true and real—for some sort of metaphysical order to combat the depression that’s grown ubiquitous.” - #OlgaTokarczuk #PhilipKDick #PKD #books
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“I think #PhilipKDick was a great visionary. He was the first writer to create a truly moving vision of a disintegrating world, and of the thin line between what’s real and what’s produced by our brains.” - #OlgaTokarczuk #scifi #sciencefiction #PKD #books #BookSky
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Good overview of Torment Nexus concept. In the end, sci-fi doesn’t teach people to be evil. It simply amplifies today’s evil with tomorrow’s technology.
@books @bookstodon @religion #ChristianSciFi #ProfessorK #tormentnexus #sciencefiction #AI #space #amwritingsf #secretscifinetwork #neilstephenson #isaacasimov #matrix #robertheinlein #williamgibson #philipkdick #cyberpunk #bladerunner #dystopian #musk #thiel
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Lektüre als Vorbereitung für die bevorstehende #Merz - #Weidel - #Diktatur von #cdU und #FCKAfD.
«The Man in the High Castle» habe ich gerade verliehen.#AfDVerbotJETZT #NieWiederCDU #Merzweghalle #FTZNFRTZ
#TheBoysFromBrazil #IraLevin #Fatherland #RobertHarris #TheManInTheHighCastle #PhilipKDick -
The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play:
#PhilipKDick
#RobertMusil
#JaneAusten
#DanielSuarez
#SvenRegener
#MaxGoldt
#SebastianHaffner
#ThomasMann
#HermannHessehmmm not that much. i'm a slow reader
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The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play:
#PhilipKDick
#RobertMusil
#JaneAusten
#DanielSuarez
#SvenRegener
#MaxGoldt
#SebastianHaffner
#ThomasMann
#HermannHessehmmm not that much. i'm a slow reader
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The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play:
#PhilipKDick
#RobertMusil
#JaneAusten
#DanielSuarez
#SvenRegener
#MaxGoldt
#SebastianHaffner
#ThomasMann
#HermannHessehmmm not that much. i'm a slow reader
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The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play:
#PhilipKDick
#RobertMusil
#JaneAusten
#DanielSuarez
#SvenRegener
#MaxGoldt
#SebastianHaffner
#ThomasMann
#HermannHessehmmm not that much. i'm a slow reader
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The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play:
#PhilipKDick
#RobertMusil
#JaneAusten
#DanielSuarez
#SvenRegener
#MaxGoldt
#SebastianHaffner
#ThomasMann
#HermannHessehmmm not that much. i'm a slow reader
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I'll respond with both #scifi and #fantasy as the distinction can sometimes be blurry.
I'm a huge fan of the #EartseaCycle by #UrsulaKLeGuin
Other favorite authors include #NeilGaiman #PhilipKDick #AlfredBester #GeneWolfe #NealStephenson & #OrsonScottCard
#IsaacAsimov and #RobertAHeinlein were great & prolific writers with fantastic characters and plots, but it can be difficult to get past their sexism.
I just finished #Elantris by #BrandonSanderson which was excellent