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Not to mention the additional level introduced by the fact that VALIS is pseudo-autobiographical. e.g., remember when Horselover Fat gets beamed secret informa
by Trasmatta 5y ago
Not to mention the additional level introduced by the fact that VALIS is pseudo-autobiographical.
e.g., remember when Horselover Fat gets beamed secret information from a faraway satellite through a pink light to his forehead? Or when he learns we are secretly still living in first century Rome? Both things that PKD actually believed happened to him.
The lucidity with which PKD explored his mental illness in VALIS is pretty extraordinary.
- 1MachineElf 5y agoI really enjoyed VALIS because it reminded me a lot of my father's mental issues and helped me cope with the things that happened to him.
- Beltiras 5y agoIt's just brain-breaking on so many levels. I often had to re-read couple of pages back to decypher what the hell was going on. But still in all that madness remains a certain lucidity and clarity.
- beermonster 5y agoPhilip is Greek for lover of horses i.e. ‘Horselover’. Dick is German for fat. So Horselover Fat = Philip Dick.