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pitohui

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2. definitely one to read more than once

Reply to JitterbugPerfume (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 08:48 PM

Dec 2011

i was an experienced pkd reader, having followed him my entire life, at the time valis came out but as the other poster says, radio free albemuth is a more accessible version of the same story if you are extremely perplexed and overwhelmed

the funny thing about the valis/radio free albeumuth story is that it is pretty much a thinly veiled true story, which probably explains why it is so difficult compared to most books in the genre

real life is by far more intricate and complicated than life on mars in 2525, hence, when he gets close to trying to tell what actually happened in his life, it gets REALLY weird

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Valis, by PKD [View all] JitterbugPerfume Dec 2011 OP

Funny to say read more than once (agree) but PKD wrote the book twice PufPuf23 Dec 2011 #1

definitely one to read more than once pitohui Dec 2011 #2

Re-read VALIS and Radio Free Albemuth in last 4 days. PufPuf23 Dec 2011 #3

thanks for your replies JitterbugPerfume Jan 2012 #4

Valis and Radio Free Albemuth are like sister books Taverner Jul 2013 #5