Vineland criticism

[Steven]

	How about linking Bob Dylan with Philip K.?  Has anyone heard the  
quote Dylan gave about his revelation, his epiphany?  He was sitting  
in a room...and 'suddenly became aware of a presence that could only  
have been Jesus.' [Having been raised in the Mormon church, I'm  
pretty immune to the value of first person anecdotal religious  
evidence] Now I learn from a bio of Dylan that he used  
methamphetamines more than psychedelics or alcohol in pursuit of  
inspiration.  The connection to Dick is this:  his last novels were  
informed by a 'pink light' that gave him occasional page after page  
of material of a spiritual nature that he only had to transcribe word  
for word.

	And Dick, of course, was famous for his meth abuse.

	Steve--coincidence?  I think not.


On Aug 31, 2006, at 2:35 PM, robinlandseadel at comcast.net wrote:

> -linking Philip K. Dick and Pynchon

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