I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

The intro--How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later is brilliant--spanning theories that blow the mind. He covers his beloved pre-Socratics, the strange experience of Acts--well that's a long story only he can tell... It is worth the time to listen. Why do I love Dick? His

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take on Christianity, his Libertarian politics, his absolutely insanely paranoid, schizo, psychotic stories that reveal truths unseen. Besides the Introduction by Dick, there were 10 of his short stories. "The Short Life of the Brown Oxford" was a cute little story that hides its depth. "Explorers We" was a sad look at our suspicious and frightened selves. "Holy Quarrel" was surprising in that Genux-B had found Satan and was reluctant to tell anyone because of disbelief--though it was willing to exterminate the Evil incarnation along with a city. "What'll We Do with Ragland Park?" was an example of how political powers are retained. "Strange Memories of Death" really stood out as a gem. Don't miss it. "The Alien Mind" is a mirror image of "I Hope We Shall Arrive Soon" which is like looking into Dick's and yes, your own tormented soul. It will remind you of horrors fogotten, I assure you--and it is, as the title affirms, the gold of the collection. "The Exit Door Leads In" reminds us that authority cannot trust slaves to do it's bidding, it can only truly trust those outside of it's authority that answer to a higher authority. I am reminded of Cervantes--he got in through the out. "Chains of Air, Web of Aether" was another gem. I completely understand it. To be human is to die. It is a very deep story. "Rautavaara's Case" was very strange. I believe Dick was theorizing the why of we. We end with "I Hope I shall Arrive Soon". My hand hurts, where is the Bactine?

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