Valis, 9781857983395
Paperback
Reality fractured, God missing: Find truth in the divine chaos.

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  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    30 September 2001

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Summary

VALIS: When Reality Cracks

It began with a blinding light, a divine revelation from a mysterious intelligence that called itself VALIS. And with that, the fabric of reality was ripped open and laid bare so that anything seemed possible, but nothing seemed quite right. Part science fiction, part theological detective story - in which God plays both the missing person and the perpetrator of the ultimate crime, VALIS is both disorienting and eerily funny, and a joy to read.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781857983395
ISBN-10:1857983394
Series:S.F. Masterworks
Author:Philip K. Dick
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Gollancz
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:30 September 2001
Weight:242g
Dimensions:198mm x 163mm x 21mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction, Dick made most of the European avant-garde seem like navel-gazers in a cul-de-sac

One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction, Dick made most of the European avant-garde seem like navel-gazers in a cul-de-sac * Sunday Times *My literary hero * Fay Weldon *For everyone lost in the endlessly multiplicating realities of the modern world, remember: Philip K. Dick got there first * Terry Gilliam *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 – Roberto BolañoA joy to read * Washington Post *Valis is a carefully structured, profoundly thoughtful study of some crazy people who just might have touched something illimitable, something so deep-rooted in myth that it is literally unspeakable – Theodore Sturgeon

About The Author

Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick was one of the greatest and most influential writers of science fiction of his generation.

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