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Valis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780547572413)
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xVALIS is the first novel in a mesmerizing, science-fiction philosophical trilogy by Philip K. Dick, the Hugo Award-winning author of The Man in the High Castle and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?--the basis for the film Blade Runner.
"Dick is one of the ten best American writers of the twentieth century, which is saying a lot. Dick was a kind of Kafka steeped in LSD and rage."*
What is VALIS?
When a beam of pink light begins giving a schizophrenic man named Horselover Fat (who just might also be known as Philip K. Dick) visions of an alternate Earth where the Roman Empire still reigns, he must decide whether he is crazy, or whether a godlike entity is showing him the true nature of the world.
"More disturbing than any novel by [Carson] McCullers," (*Roberto Bola), by the end, like Dick himself, you will be left wondering what is real, what is fiction, and just what the price is for divine inspiration.
Also in the VALIS Trilogy:
The Divine Invasion
The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
Author: Philip K. Dick
ISBN-10: 0547572417
ISBN-13: 9780547572413
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2011
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d
Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 12/16/2011 pg. 14
"Dick is one of the ten best American writers of the twentieth century, which is saying a lot. Dick was a kind of Kafka steeped in LSD and rage."*
What is VALIS?
When a beam of pink light begins giving a schizophrenic man named Horselover Fat (who just might also be known as Philip K. Dick) visions of an alternate Earth where the Roman Empire still reigns, he must decide whether he is crazy, or whether a godlike entity is showing him the true nature of the world.
"More disturbing than any novel by [Carson] McCullers," (*Roberto Bola), by the end, like Dick himself, you will be left wondering what is real, what is fiction, and just what the price is for divine inspiration.
Also in the VALIS Trilogy:
The Divine Invasion
The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
Author: Philip K. Dick
ISBN-10: 0547572417
ISBN-13: 9780547572413
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2011
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d
Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 12/16/2011 pg. 14
By Philip K. Dick
xOver a writing career that spanned three decades, PHILIP K. DICK (1928-1982) published 36 science-fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralized power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned to deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film, notably, Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly. The recipient of critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout his career, Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005, and in 2007 the Library of America published a selection of his novels in three volumes. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages.
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