Abraham’s Comments (group member since Dec 02, 2018)

Abraham’s comments from the Philip K Dick group.

Hello, just joined to post here. One powerfully metaphorical e-book. I've read all down this list to see if this interpretation has been posted.

It has to have been Joe Chip in half-life. The emotional motivation of the story was the heart-break Glen Runciter felt at the deterioration of the mind of his wife. This could be mitigated by the company of others. So, unwilling to put himself to cryogenic sleep and personally share the burden, he creates this multi-pronged plan.

Mr. Runciter wants his wife to have company in the half-life. This I assume is more effective if the company are people who knew her, and knew her husband.
Mr. Runciter wants to obliterate his rival, Ray Hollis. Business as usual includes psychics, somehow he gains access to his rivals moon-base for his supreme industrial sabotage. Ray Hollis does not want this event, sends dream messages forewarning the work team.
Mr. Runciter cannot risk the psychics to perceiving what is in the immediate future. Enter Pat Conley, the ace in the hole. She selects for realities where the dreams are not communicated between the team to prevent the team from unionising against Mr. Runciter's diabolical plan to exploit their personal value.
Jory is the mental dependence of Ella. The story opens with Mr. R feeling Ella depend on him, rather than Ella depending on unknown offsiders. Mr. R huge sums to prevent this, to keep Jory in half-life. The head of an interstellar business with hourly advertising on the capital planet, he does not want more business. He wants more employees because he is about to kill the best labourers. Also to capitalise on the social wave set in motion by the industrial sabotage.
The final twist is Mr. R spending (useless) Joe Chip money. Mr. R wanted Joe Chip's life. It is Joe Chip's blindness to his own value (2nd in command to Glen Runciter) coupled with shallow greed (can he afford the door?) that prevent him from seeing through the plan because he assumes Mr. R wants monetary gain, instead of more time with loved ones at the expense of fungible colleagues.