“I have been to another world, and come back. Listen to me.” to which I might add “I have seen things you humans cannot even imagine” and “I have seen a new heaven and a new Earth“. All of which means I have finished WT and am mightily impressed. It has elements of Phillip Dick, Bradbury, Catch 22 and even The Revelation of St John the Devine. Morality, fantasy, elements of metaphysical stuff too. Could go on for a long time. Won’t though. Overall, it is very like Heller’s novel – ambitious, challenging, flawed and powerfully affecting. Thank you for introducing me to it. Will need more reads to appreciate fully.
Have started Martian Chronicles again. Have remembered that I bought my present copy a few years back intending to reread it all but only got round to a few bits. Have not read the majority for well over 50 years! Stunning to find that, impressed as I was as a teenage reader, I just missed so much. I recall the poetic forms he uses more than anything but missed the ironic, tongue-in-cheek satire and amazing ideas (a gun that fires a swarm of killer bees at you!).