This is not an easy read, but I loved it.

Not really a fan of Philip K Dick's later writings, but I picked up a collection recently and figured I'd at least give Valis another try. After having finished it I'm not that interested in reading The Divine Invasion or Transmigration of Timothy Archer, but I am thinking of going back and finding some of Dick's less spiritual works.

This is not at all what I expected--I didn't even read a synopsis of the book and know almost nothing about the author's life--but it was thought provoking and riveting. If you have ever delighted in a philosophy class or enjoyed studying the history of religion, you'll get a lot more out of this book than if you are completely uninterested in those things. I get the feeling this is one of the books Snow Crash was making fun of, but I may be wrong. You may not like it, but I thought it was great.

Ho ho ho this is a fuselage either crawling sparkling through your head or a slow slithering “zisch”ing that either goes boom or your dog lifts its leg and pisses on it putting out the flame. It’s a personal one, it’s an in your head where the show goes on one… enjoy!

This book was very interesting to read. It was rather like theology on ecstasy. Philip K. Dick leaves you wondering what was true, what wasn't and exactly how many people there REALLY were in this book.

Took me a long time to get through..

Dick was clearly losing his mind, but that does not change the fact that this is a really good read.

Truly a book that only PKD could write. It balances on a knife's edge mundanity and intensity, lucidity and hallucination, Gnostic mysticism and pulp sci-fi. The story is an act of transmutation, as the narrator's intensity of vision leaks out into the world and those around him. These two characters, Horselover Fat and, well, everything else, are a dancing diad, taking turns occupying the positions of sanity and insanity. How the dance ends, with who standing where, is the mystery at the heart of this bizarre story.

The Empire never ended.