VALIS - Characters

Characters

  • Phil: narrator, science fiction writer
  • Horselover Fat: narrator; Philip in Greek means "fond of horses"; "dick" is German for "fat". Later, it is disclosed that Fat is a schizophrenic modality of Phil himself.
  • Gloria Knudson: suicidal friend of Fat's
  • Kevin: friend of Fat's, skeptic, based on K.W. Jeter
  • Sherri Solvig: Fat's friend, eventually dies from lymphatic cancer
  • David: Catholic friend of Fat's, based on Tim Powers
  • Eric Lampton: rock star, screenwriter, actor, aka "Mother Goose" - apparently a fictionalised version of David Bowie
  • Linda Lampton: actress
  • Brent Mini: electronic composer, a fictionalised version of Brian Eno.
  • Sophia: Two year old child. Personalised incarnation of Holy Wisdom within some variants of Gnosticism

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