Significance of Zebra

The name that Horselover Fat gives to the burst of pure energy that he experiences in March of 1974. At various times he refers to it as living information, the plasmate, the Logos, and as God, as it continues communicating with him. Fat calls it Zebra because it successfully because it blends well to avoid detection until it chooses to disclose itself. He muses that it could be an extraterrestrial being gone dormant for 2,000 years. Later in the novel, the name Zebra gives way to VALIS.