I recently found out that Philip K. Dick wrote a trilogy of books centered around God and various interpretations and concepts around it. I realized that I actually own the middle book of the trilogy in real, physical form. Realizing that the first and third books were available on my Kindle, I snatched them up. I was ready to start the trilogy from the beginning.

I read Valis, which is the first book in the trilogy. For a while, I thought I was about to set a record, and ended up posting 8 snippets. Many of those came the first night. Honestly, I decided to hold myself back. As I got further into the book, the quotes would have been lost on anyone without the complete context. The book is about a guy named Horselover Fat. Early on, the narrator slips from third person into first person when referring to Fat (as his name is often shortened in the book). The narrator is forced to admit that he and Fat are the same person. Much of the book makes you wonder if PKD actually remembers that the narrator is also Fat. He even gives the narrator a name about halfway through the book. Knowing that, some of my friends might have found my confused journey through the book amusing.

Here's the problem, though. I finished Valis. I'm moving on to The Divine Invasion now. It's a real book. I'm only a few chapters in, and I swear I wanted to highlight and comment on a segment last night. I guess I have to learn to deal with this dead tree technology for a little while. I can't even find my bookmark, it's been so long. The really daunting part is that I have Heidegger's Being and Time in my night stand that I've been putting off for a couple years. That might be really difficult now.

The last book, is The Transmigration of Timothy Archer, which I have waiting on my Kindle for when I'm done with the real book.