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I was reading a review of the new film of A Scanner Darkly, which set me off thinking about wierd books.
The most headfucking book I ever read was also by Phillip K Dick - The Divine Invasion. It has the kind of plot that resists easy synopsys, but basically a woman living on a colony in the far galaxy realises she's pregnant with the son of god, and makes her way back to earth to give birth. This is a warped take on the second coming, and there's frequent diversions into jewish mysticism. Towards the end, the action changes totally and all the characters appear to be living normal american lives, then they realise the devil is making them hallucinate and they are in hell. The final scene ends with the devil, who has taken the form of a massive glass kite, lying smashed to bits on a roof in downtown Los Angeles -'the broken pieces of what once was light'.
So come on, tell us the wierdest novel you ever read, and make an attempt at summarizing the plot.
The most headfucking book I ever read was also by Phillip K Dick - The Divine Invasion. It has the kind of plot that resists easy synopsys, but basically a woman living on a colony in the far galaxy realises she's pregnant with the son of god, and makes her way back to earth to give birth. This is a warped take on the second coming, and there's frequent diversions into jewish mysticism. Towards the end, the action changes totally and all the characters appear to be living normal american lives, then they realise the devil is making them hallucinate and they are in hell. The final scene ends with the devil, who has taken the form of a massive glass kite, lying smashed to bits on a roof in downtown Los Angeles -'the broken pieces of what once was light'.
So come on, tell us the wierdest novel you ever read, and make an attempt at summarizing the plot.