Pandemonium | 
pickAgain, a read from last year that I'm catching up on.
Quick read and great concept where being possessed by a demon is a kind of mental illness almost. You follow Del around who is trying to exercise a demon he's had since childhood.
Super enjoyable
pickHey! This was a lot of fun! Not remotely a Halloween book like I was kind of hoping for but I had a good time.
A snappy writing style, a good sense of humor, a truly fantastic alternate version of our world, excellent characters, cameos by Philip K. Dick, O. J. Simpson, and Richard Nixon, solid action, and a GREAT twist that was handled really really well.
Details on the world-building in the comments.
This quote is A.) part of a lengthy, very well-thought-out discussion about the differences between Science Fiction and Fantasy that characters are having in this book and B.) spoken by Philip K. Dick, who in this book has lived a long life and is possessed by a demon that calls itself Valis.
“We‘d understood from high school on that it was Lew‘s job to make good grades, find a high-paying career, buy a two-story house in the suburbs, and generally become Dad. It was my job to fuck up. Occasionally this annoyed me, but most of the time I was comfortable with the division of labor. Lew‘s job was nearly impossible, and mine came naturally.”
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“The coffee was terrible and the bacon was ordinary, but the pancakes were avatars of some perfect Ur-cake whose existence until now could only be deduced from the statistical variations in other, lesser pancakes.”
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1st Thought: Tolkien reference! Neat!
2nd Thought: Elves? At Helm‘s Deep? I guess this is technically just a Peter Jackson reference.
3rd Thought: I am a nerd.
Somehow I blazed through all the books I wanted to read this October with time to spare so I grabbed this off my shelf because it sounds sort of creepy.
pickI absolutely loved everything about this book. So different to anything I've ever read before, and there is a distinct heartwarming thread prevalent all the way throughout. Cannot recommend this enough❤️❤️
