Characters
- Phil: narrator, science fiction writer
- Horselover Fat: narrator; Philip in Greek means "fond of horses"; "dick" is German for "fat". Later, it is disclosed that Fat is a schizophrenic modality of Phil himself.
- Gloria Knudson: suicidal friend of Fat's
- Kevin: friend of Fat's, skeptic, based on K.W. Jeter
- Sherri Solvig: Fat's friend, eventually dies from lymphatic cancer
- David: Catholic friend of Fat's, based on Tim Powers
- Eric Lampton: rock star, screenwriter, actor, aka "Mother Goose" - apparently a fictionalised version of David Bowie
- Linda Lampton: actress
- Brent Mini: electronic composer, a fictionalised version of Brian Eno.
- Sophia: Two year old child. Personalised incarnation of Holy Wisdom within some variants of Gnosticism
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