I'm in my 40s. Started on PKD as an early teen circa 1982. Have a pretty much complete collection of his work here including the really bad pulp novels as well as his serious work. Took me a long while to find it all. For many years a lot was out of print.

He was a very special human being and one of the major figures of the twentieth century in any field. His writing transcends science fiction and even mainstream literature: he was closer to an Old Testament prophet than an author. Have met people who knew him and I hang on every word about him. No doubt he was all too human as a person, but when the best of the writing hits you it's something you can never forget. My top six: Three Stigmata, Maze of Death, Scanner, Flow My Tears, Valis, Ubik. Especially Ubik.