Significance of Sonoma, CA

The town in the heart of Northern California wine country, Sonoma where Eric ("Mother Goose") Lampton, rock star, screenwriter, and star of the movie, Valis, and his actress wife Linda live, Sonoma is visited by Philip K. Dick, Horselover Fat, Kevin, and David as they respond to a cypher message. The town retains its old Mexican flavor. Little is seen of Sonoma except an unnamed Mexican restaurant and the Lamptons' comfortable stone home, located several miles in the country.