Status Updates From Labirinto di morte

“I’m not willing to admit I’m part of the debris of the universe quite yet. Maybe tomorrow”

Can you DNF when you’re nearly 90% done? Because I’ve still got an hour left on this audiobook but I don’t care about anything happening in it. Naw, I’m kidding—I’ll finish it. But I’m not kidding about the not caring part. Idk if I’d feel differently if I’d read this from the page instead of audio in bits and pieces for a month. I suspect not, but hard to say. Unlikely to seek more PKD after this.

I’m not totally following what’s happening in this book. They’re suffering delusions and killing one another. There’s a gun involved, so ofc they’re killing each other with it. Why is this occurring again? Aliens who live on the planet they’re “researching”? Are they actually prisoners? Is this supposed to be “Hell” in some sci-fi-theological sense? Am I supposed to know these things?