Philip K, Dick (December 16, 1928 to March 2, 1982) was an American writer whose novels have devoted fans. His novels include VALIS, (1980) and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer.(1982) among many others. The themes of VALIS have been described by one critic in a series of questions:
"is the force running the universe deranged?... to have put us in the black prison of self, with death and suffering inevitable. ...[And] what about my dead cat? [one character] envisages being at heaven's gate and pulling the dead cat from under his coat, and demanding an explanation. For Fat Kevin's cat is a symbol of everything in the universe he doesn't understant. The cat corpse refutes the goodness of god."
"is the force running the universe deranged?... to have put us in the black prison of self, with death and suffering inevitable. ...[And] what about my dead cat? [one character] envisages being at heaven's gate and pulling the dead cat from under his coat, and demanding an explanation. For Fat Kevin's cat is a symbol of everything in the universe he doesn't understant. The cat corpse refutes the goodness of god."
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