Gabriella Gallaga 2300.01 Did you like the stories? Why/why not?

It wasn't a secret that during Phillip K. Dick's lifetime, he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. This had an effect on the themes of most of his writing. With his short stories "Imposer" and "The Cookie Lady", it was difficult to see them beyond standard and predictable literature. It is well written but no particular phrase stands out. There were twists towards the end, but nothing that really shocking or stirring. It is predictable. None of the characters are striking. In these stories, Dick did not put enough of an emotional investment to flesh out these characters. They had no striking personality, nothing to really attach the reader to the characters. So when misfortune struck these shells of personality, nothing of value is lost. By trying into account his mental disorder, it seems people are once again trying to create more interest than what was originally there. Maybe the illness drove him to write about such topics, but that does not mean that those stories should have have some kind of judgment curve. I am not discrediting Dick as an author. These are simply two stories from his massive collection of short stories and novels. I do disregard these stories to hold any real lasting value. They were forgettable.