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VALIS & Later Novels
| Author: | Philip K. Dick |
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Library of America, 2009 |
| Series: | Library of America P. K. Dick Collection: Book 3 |
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1. Four Novels of the 1960s |
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| Book Type: | Omnibus |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
This volume gathering the best novels of Dick's final years, when religious revelation, always important in his work, became a dominant and irresistible theme.
In A Maze of Death (1970), a darkly speculative mystery that foreshadows Dick's final novels, colonists on the planet Delmak-O try to determine the nature of the God-or "Mentufacturer"-who plots their destiny.
The late masterpiece VALIS (1981) is a novelistic reworking of "the events of 2-3-74," when Dick's life was transformed by what he believed was a mystical revelation. It is a harrowing self-portrait of a man torn between conflicting interpretations of what might be gnostic illumination or psychotic breakdown.
The Divine Invasion (1981), a sequel to VALIS, is a powerful exploration of gnostic insight and its human consequences.
The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (1982), Dick's last novel, is by turns theological thriller, roman à clef, and disenchanted portrait of late 1970s California life, based loosely on the controversial career of Bishop James Pike-a close friend and kindred spirit.
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