Valis
$30.31
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2001
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 |
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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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