A Review of VALIS

VALIS by Philip K. Dick My rating: 1 of 5 stars THIS ISN'T SCIENCE FICTION!!! THIS IS THEOLOGICAL CLAPTRAP DISGUISED AS SCIENCE FICTION AND IT SUCKS! This book is SO boring, I couldn't get past page 65. Don't get me wrong -- I love Philip K. Dick, particularly his works from the 1950s and 60s, …

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A Review of Voices From the Street

Voices From the Street by Philip K. Dick My rating: 2 of 5 stars For my review of Humpty Dumpty in Oakland, one of Dick's mainstream novels, I wrote "I feel like a total traitor, because I got through the first six chapters — to page 94 — and finally gave up. Philip K. Dick …

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A Review of The Mourning Handbook

The Mourning Handbook: The Most Comprehensive Resource Offering Practical and Compassionate Advice on Coping with All Aspects of Death and Dying by Helen Fitzgerald My rating: 4 of 5 stars I got this book a couple of weeks ago because my father just died a few weeks ago. I got several grief recovery books and …

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Some Thoughts

I woke up in tears this morning. I woke up thinking about the many times my dad came to see my basketball games in school, as well as my football and baseball games. How many times we played catch in the backyard. How that was never going to be a possibility again. It's been five …

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Anniversary

Today is the one month anniversary of my father's death in my backyard. It still seems so unbelievable, so surreal. One minute, he's mowing my grass, the next he's dead on the ground. It really seems cruel. I'm still stunned that I didn't get to see him coherent on his last day alive. That bothers …

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