Recs if you like VALIS...

For when you want something more ominous, macabre, or mysterious in taste that also centers on a deeply specific subject. Ranging from the occult to the supernatural to just plain weird and interesting. Expand your knowledge by reading these narrow glimpses into the past.

Apophenia: the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated or random things and events

Research material and references from the podcast. Relying heavily on lists made by others.

just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're (not) out to get you. a healthy mix of fiction, fact, falsehoods, and findings.

Enter the dizzying mind of Philip K. Dick, one of the most prolific and impactful science fiction writers of all time, and explore paranoia, the nature of existence, and altered and simulated realities warped by technology and drugs.

Books that kinda scratch the Pynchon itch. Pls suggest more