That story hit the nail on the head!
So... it's a short story about a man recounting a book he read that claims aliens are invading the earth while describing a selfless alien woman who donates her body-parts to other people and the story ends with him playing Monopoly... I don't see a story here.
I know Philip K. Dick is a celebrated author, so I assume my not-getting-it problem is all-me - can someone please explain it to me?
I went back and read the italicized lines only. I got the joke now.
From the preface: "A little whimsy, now and then, makes for good balance. Theoretically, you could find this type of humor anywhere. But only a topflight science-fictionist, we thought, could have written this story, in just this way…."
Here's my trippy understanding.
> I had had enough of the thing. I want to hear no more about it. Let them come on. Let them invade Earth. I don’t want to get mixed up in it.
> I have absolutely no stomach for it.
The author is finally mutated and someone took his stomach as well ?
He did not realize it because, someone stole his brain ?
Daaaaang, I never considered that.