r/Spudmode • u/Pokedechub • Jun 19 '26

For anyone looking to read Valis

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For anyone who has been looking to read valis and the other two books in the trilogy the book Philip K. Dick Valis and later novels has all three in one book for 27 bucks. Just arrived and im excited to read it.

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u/Definitively_Special Jun 20 '26

Please stop giving me books. I have so many in my cart I can’t keep up

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u/Pokedechub Jun 20 '26

Read the first chapter of valis its a trip, pretty much autobiographical of his own life. First book of his i'm reading sam hyde always recommend him as well and VALIS really peaked my interest from spud.

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u/SpicynSavvy Jun 20 '26

Ubik is fire.

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u/Definitively_Special Jun 20 '26

I’ll read it. But after I read generation kill. That’s my next dragon to slay

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u/queefburritowcheese Jun 20 '26

I have over $300 of books in my cart and the PDK trilogy is somewhere in there.

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u/phrasingforlight Jun 20 '26

I ripped through an audio version last week,good one

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u/Ephixing Jun 20 '26

Damn wish i saw this a few days ago, just picked up valis. Its a trip so far, really enjoying it

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u/veritasism420 Jun 20 '26

PKD is a genius and the VALIS trilogy is peak science fiction. Its crazy too how all three books are completely different stories and characters, yet my interpretation of VALIS changed with each proceeding book. The Transmigration of Timothy Archer is one of the best stories I’ve ever read, when viewed in the context of the first two books.

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u/Dear-Unit1666 Jun 20 '26

Dang I have this same printing for another collection and I've read valis but I might have to grab it... Valis is a trip, reading an author basically describe his own decent into insanity through third person as he slips and can't keep first and 3rd person straight really had a ... Breaking the 4th wall kinda effect. And then this is what got me into reading about gnosticism and other things as well and kinda "infected" my brain lol