The Unknown Writer: Vestigial Surreality: Episodes

Coincidence and Saturn's Rings, Vestigial Surreality

Vestigial Surreality—The Episodes

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BOOK 1 COINCIDENCE
PART 1 WHITE RABBIT

01 — Jack.
Jack makes a strange acquaintance in the park.

02 — Stacey.
Stacey meets with Jack and they compare bizarre incidents of coincidence.

03 — Seven.
Seven observes a world through a unique interface, and notices something strange.

04 — Aajeel.
Kronoss and Aajeel meet while Seven eavesdrops, and then meets Number Six.

05 — Lord Dulance.
Number Six frets over an obsession while Jack and Stacey experience more oddity.

06 — Into the Sandbox.
Seven is bewildered when reality seems to buckle and bend before her.

07 — Confrontation.
Seven and Kronoss face off with six strange gymnasts from Mars.

PART 2 DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

08 — Judgment Day.
Stacey and Jack and Seven meet two new strangers, while a strange courtroom convenes.

09 — World in a Locket.
Seven begins to wonder about reality when she hears a little girl say that "dada is dada."

10 — Apocalypse.
Stacey, Jack, Michael, and Joshua strategize over a meal, and then flee a shattering world.

11 — Awakenings.
Seven receives a surprise visitor. Jack and Stacey wake in a world that seems like heaven.

12 — Flight.
Jack flees a nightmare and makes a discovery high in a tree.

13 — Fight.
Stacey makes his stand and receives a reward.

14 — Transformation.
Seven makes a gruesome discovery and Six says goodbye, while Jack struggles with his fate.

PART 3 CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER

15 — The Little Girl.
A little girl enjoys an adventure with a very handsome man, and Wolf makes a new friend.

16 — Bully.
Jack and Six meet a formidable bully, and Seven shares a surreal taxi ride with Manda.

17 — Lewis and Lewis.
The three friends regroup after a near-catastrophic encounter, and prepare for the next.

18 — Dragon Warriors.
Wolf, Jack, and Six head out into the dark to meet the long-coming showdown.

19 — High Vale.
Wolf acclimates to a new world, uses the facilities for the first time, and meets a nice girl.

20 — No Chitin.
Jack and Wolf meet a new playmate, and Seven flies to the rescue.

21 — Dream Place.
Stacey dimly wakes in an eerie world, and two new additions join the party for a reunion.

PART 4 CABBAGES AND KINGS

22 — The Deep.
Six is conflicted between love and lust, and Seven meets a formidable adversary.

23 — Sisters.
Seven travels to a dark place, and sisters discuss plans for the future.

24 — Sentinel.
Jack sets off for a secret adventure, and discovers an ancient wonder.

25 — Soul Mesh.
Seven explodes and is called away, and Maulgraul meshes with Stacey.

26 — MANDA.
Jack ascends the tree and meets a little girl named Manda.

27 — Pursuit.
Seven receives some enlightening information, an old nemesis reappears, and Stacey runs.

28 — Café Real.
Jack plunges into the truth, and enjoys some small talk with Old Ben and Manda.

BOOK 2 SATURN'S RINGS

PART 1 THE LOOKING GLASS

29 — Plastic Dolls.
Seven attends a very strange digital street performance.

30 — Moon Jack.
Jack visits a High Vale Moon, and makes a new/old odd friend. And Stacey finds aid in the woods.

31 — Vikings.
Strange party crashers break through into a new world to witness an ultimate confrontation.

32 — Men from Mars.
A decidedly singular gathering of elegant gentlemen precludes a wild saucer ride.

33 — White Knight.
Stacey finally reaches the end of his ultramarathon pursuit, and calls up an old nightmare.

34 — Data Dump.
Seven receives enhancements, and brain augmentation.

35 — High Jack.
Jack and Anne reunite, for the very first time, again.

PART 2 EVERY CHILD A WORLD

36 — HuManda.
Manda poises over terribly tough decisions, and Jack, Stacey, and Seven get all dolled up.

37 — Punchinello.
Jack and Anne visit a very strange Midnight Puppetshow on the Honey Moon.

38 — Camp Pug.
Emily aides Stacey in reaching allies, and they discover too much of a good thing ain't always good.

39 — Tesla Frankenstein.
Seven finds a means to enter the Honey Moon, and meets two fantastically mad scientists.

40 — Punch Drunk.
A night out at Punchinello's Theatre produces a clash of the great powers.

41 — Mad Hatter.
Mr. Dodgson conducts his wee programming train and delivers the party into the sky.

42 — Fever Visitations.
Jack and Stacey meet between worlds but are rudely interrupted by Punchinello.

PART 3 DARK RESISTLESS STREAM

43 — Shadow Tools.
In a hopeless plight, Jack remembers and comes into his own.

44 — Showdown.
Jack and Anne attend a hoedown at the showdown.

45 — Hell Redux.
Stacey goes to work, meets hellish creatures, and bumps into a new old friend in the park.

46 — Fetus in Fetu.
Stacey comes to Stacey and an old nightmare chases a new old friend into camp.

47 — The Whole Shebang.
Charlotte and Seven trip the light fantastic and virtually travel into the rings.

48 — Golden Gleam.
It's Jack and Anne's lovely wedding day and Tesla feels he can offer advice to the happy couple.

49 — Neapolitan.
Emily and Stacey rise as one from the belly of High Vale.

PART 4 TOTALLY BONKERS

50 — In the Tween.
Stacey takes a new job on the beach, and enjoys a couple of beers with Maulgraul.

51 — High Tea.
Seven brings on a migraine while Tesla steps up to take action.

52 — Horror & Wonder.
Jack and Anne's honeymoon on the Honeymoon, and Tesla in the Underworld.

53 — Waking the Dead.
Tesla confronts Frankenstein in the Underworld, and three villains reveal themselves.

54 — Wonderland.
Stacey in the land of the giants.

55 — Killing Stacey.
Judgment day for Stacey and the Shaannii, and Jack progresses in the Underworld.

56 — REBOOT.
Conclusion. Seven sends a message to the next Seven, and Jack heads through another portal, and Stacey takes a fall. Fin. Finito. The End.

Other Links:

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Plato's Allegory of the Cave
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Daniel F. Galouye

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Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye (novel, 1963)

Smashwords - Simulacron-3

The Thirteenth Floor (movie) IMDb

Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick - Wikipedia