Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
I became aware of Phillip K Dick's work long before I knew enough to associate it with him. That's probably the mark of a great artist or influential person or something: someone whose work transcends their person and starts influencing culture on its own merits. This is something I see a lot in science fiction and new technology, but I'm sure it happens in other areas of society, too. In this case, it's easier for me to see because I came to see his influence after I'd reached adulthood (by legal standards anyway). Back in college, music visualizers were a big part of my life. My friends and I would often put on an album or playlist and spend minutes (or hours...) watching the abstract images that came up. At this point, these visualizers were starting to get pretty advanced. WinAmp and iTunes seemed to be in a constant race, each pulling ahead of the other with each new update. We tracked this and talked about it and it was generally a much bigger ...