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The book Valis, written by Philip K. Dick, is a hard book to put into a genre. It is part science fiction, part religion, part philosophy, and part autobiography. Dick took used elements of each to create a truly unique novel about a schizophrenic man’s decent into insanity, the irrationality of the universe, and the hidden mysteries of reality. This story really only has one main character, protagonist Horselover Fat. Fat (as Horselover Fat is referred to throughout the book) is, if anything, an intelligent man. This is revealed throughout the book. Fat does, and has done, many drugs. This leads to his mental breakdown (which this story chronicles), “His psychiatrist once told him that to get well he would have to do two things; get off dope (which he hadn’t done)...” (Dick 9). Fat is a very opinionated man, and he has great passion for what he believes in. More than many things, he is a cynic. His blatant cynicism becomes evident at many places in the book, It reminds me of a girl I once knew who was dying of cancer. I visited her in the hospital and did not recognize her ... and when I bent close to her to ask her how she felt she answered, when she could understand my question, "I feel that God is healing m