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Horselover Fat's nervous breakdown began the day he got the phonecall from Gloria asking if he had any Nembutals.
Horselover Fat's nervous breakdown began the day he got the phonecall from Gloria asking if he had any Nembutals.
About this book
'A joy to read' Washington Post 'Dick is one of the ten best American writers of the twentieth century, which is saying a lot. Dick was a kind of Kafka steeped in LSD and rage' Roberto Bolaño 'Remember: Philip K Dick got there first' Terry Gilliam It began with a blinding light, a divine revelation from a mysterious intelligence that called itself VALIS (Vast Active Living Intelligence System). And with that, the fabric of reality was torn apart and laid bare so that anything seemed possible, but nothing seemed quite right. It was madness, pure and simple. But what if it were true?
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FictionScience FictionFiction, science fiction, generalGodFaithSchizophrenia
First published 1981About the author
Philip K. Dick
16 December 1928 – 2 March 1982
Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist whose published work during his lifetime was almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments, and altered states. In his later works, Dick's thematic focus strongly reflected his personal interest in metaphysics and theology. He often drew upon his own life experiences and addressed the nature of drug abuse, paranoia and schizophrenia, and transcendental experiences in novels such as A Scanner Darkly and VALIS. Source and more information: [Wikipedia (EN)](http://en.wikipedia.o…
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