I took something similar...unfortunately the prof was fixated on sex and gender roles, so we wound up reading stuff from lots of deranged female authors.
I place LeGuin in this category...
"High Castle" was great, and even better if you have some familiarity w/ Japanese culture. "A Scanner Darkly" was really good (if tough to relate to, considering my drug-free past), but my favorite is definitely "...Electric Sheep". I get a kick out of "Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said."
Check out Alfred Bester. "The Stars My Destination" and "The Demolished Man" are absolute masterpieces.