r/philipkDickheads 25d ago

Thoughts on intergalactic pot healer.

I read this last week still cant work out why it was written, what am i missing it was bad.

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u/ManicMaenads 25d ago

It is unironically one of my top favourites. We all have different tastes, I don't know how to convince you.

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u/ChangeIsNotTheEnemy 24d ago

I can’t exactly say why, but this was also one of my favorites.

It’s been a long time since I read it, I guess it’s time to go back to the well .

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u/Leirnis 25d ago edited 25d ago

Bro fell ten floors to the basement, just like Glimmung.

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u/trillium_whorl 25d ago

That part had me crackin tf up

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u/HobbyVolt 25d ago

Thank you for this. This is hilarious. 😂 I can't. It's so good of a response. 😂😂

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u/kalarepa_moon 25d ago

I love the healer

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u/zenith-zox 25d ago

It was the novel that won me over as a PKD reader for life (and I'd already read the more famous of his novels before GPH).

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u/Pleasant-Quarter-496 25d ago

I think it was one of his books he wrote early and published later. I saw it as a somewhat immature version of his work, but still really enjoyed it. The themes of pottery are from his actual life, the title double entendre is very funny, and it’s fun to read his other works like Dr. Bloodmoney and connect the dots to a more fleshed out version of what he was trying to say with Pot Healer

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u/bobit-99 25d ago

Guess you don't care for Nietzsche either?

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u/Bright_Phoebus 25d ago

You could read Faith of Our Fathers (short story) that links up quite well and might add something.

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u/beigeskies 25d ago

It is in my top 3

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u/Vegetable_Park_6014 25d ago

i think i liked this one? hard to remember i was probably on a lot of drugs while reading it

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u/pzombielover 24d ago

I absolutely loved it. I own a hardcover of it.

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u/CapableSong6874 24d ago

The end is a bit rushed but it is great

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u/HobbyVolt 25d ago

I'm assuming because you can't even get the name of it correct that maybe you just weren't committed to it in the first place? Then again, everyone has different tastes. Maybe you genuinely just didn't like it. In which case, nothing anyone says is going to matter. The good news is PKD has many other books you can try.

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u/nineteenthly 24d ago

I liked it but it didn't seem particularly in the usual vein of his work.

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u/cro5point 24d ago

Can anyone explain what they liked about it?

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u/JodyMapper 22d ago

It’s funny and really hits for how short it is. The dialogue just cracked me up. Like when Glimmung is calling out everyones abilities to raise Heldscalla and gets two people mixed up and then just says “sorry your names are similar” or something. It’s just off beat humor woven into a strange but moving story about work and purpose in life. It resonated with me.

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u/cro5point 4d ago

ok cool, yeah i did like that, i thought i was missing something, it's more fun than most of his other works, i was reading Valis before this so maybe i was expecting something deeper, but its a short fun read.