Sublime

‘I sent off my new novel in December called VALIS, which is not a novel and not sf, and yet is both. It’s autobiographical and depicts… my experience of March 1974 which I am still trying to understand… All my book titles have been or will be restored to print…

1981 – VALIS ‘It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.’ – Philip K. Dick, VALIS In 1978 PKD was writing a considerable amount of material for his Exegesis. However in October of that year he started on a new novel based, in part, on his experiences of February and March 1974 and his subsequent speculation as to the cause and

‘My major preoccupation is the question, what is reality?’ Philip K. Dick

Emulation of more noxious aspects of adolescence, rather than the clearheaded pristine innocence of authentic childhood.