Do Androids Dream of Electric Awards?

For the past week or so, I’ve been reading Philip K. Dick’s science fiction classic, “Blade Runner,” aka, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.”
Dick, who died in 1982, is one of the most influential sci-fi writers of all time, and his books and stories are still very popular today.
The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society gives an annual award in Dick’s memory – The Philip K. Dick Award – to recognize the best original paperback published each year in the U.S. (Most of Dick’s books were published as paperback originals.)
The award was first given right after Dick’s death, and since then, a number of authors have received the award. Here’s the complete list of the winners:
1982 – Software by Rudy Rucker
1983 – The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
1984 – Neuromancer by William Gibson
1985 – Dinner at Deviant’s Palace by Tim Powers
1986 – Homunculus by James P. Blaylock
1987 – Strange Toys by Patricia Geary
1988 – 400 Billion Stars by Paul J. McAuley and Wetware by Rudy V.B. Rucker
1989 – Subterranean Gallery by Richard Paul Russo
1990 – Points of Departure by Pat Murphy
1991 – King of Morning, Queen of Day by Ian McDonald
1992 – Through the Heart by Richard Grant
1994 - Mysterium by Robert C. Wilson
1995 – Headcrash by Bruce Bethke
1996 – The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
1997 – The Troika by Stepan Chapman
1998 – 253: A Novel by Geoff Ryman
1999 – Vacuum Diagrams by Stephen Baxter
2000 – Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
2001 – Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo
2002 – The Mount: A Novel by Carol Emshwiller
2003 – Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
2004 – Life by Gwyneth A. Jones
2005 – War Surf by M.M. Buckner
2006 – Spin Control by Chris Moriarty
2007 – Nova Swing by M. John Harrison
2008 – Emissaries from the Dead by Adam-Troy Castro and Terminal Mind by David Walton
2009 – Bitter Angels by C.L. Anderson
The nominees for the 2010 award will be announced in January 2011.
In the end, how many of these books have you had a chance to read. (I’ve only read the 1984 winner, “Neuromancer” by William Gibson.) What did you think about them? Which would you recommend? Let us know in the comments section below.