Gnostic Myth-Making...?

[Tom Beshear]

The Man in the High Castle avoids a lot of the Dickian pitfalls, silly 
tropes, etc.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph S. Barrera III" <joe at barrera.org>
To: "Andreis Passarinho" <eastcocker at gmail.com>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: Gnostic Myth-Making...?


> On 5/23/2013 12:41 PM, Andreis Passarinho wrote:
>
> > Would you guys recommend any specific book for someone who is not
> crazy about his style? (if that makes sense) I was thinking about Ubik
>
> Scanner Darkly might serve. That was the first book I started with way 
> back when. There are no zap guns or underwater aliens.
>
> Ubik was my second. By the time Valis came out, I had read enough others 
> of his that I was almost prepared for it.
>
> - Joe
>