THE DIVINE INVASION

Dick, Philip K.

ISBN 10: 0671417762 / ISBN 13: 9780671417765

Published by Timescape Books Distributed by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1981

About this Item

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Signed by Dick on the title page. The last book by Dick published during his lifetime; he died eight months after the book's publication. Second book of the VALIS trilogy. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-325. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Copies of this book inscribed or signed by Dick are rare. (#119439).

Seller Inventory # 119439

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE DIVINE INVASION
• Publisher: Timescape Books Distributed by Simon and Schuster, New York
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671417762
• ISBN 13: 9780671417765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machines

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Synopsis

Exiled for 2,000 years God must retake the Earth from the clutches of his nemesis using a man caught between life and death as His vessel. God is in exile. The only man who can help is clinically dead. Herb Asher, an audio engineer by trade, is in suspended animation following a car accident that appears to have taken his life. As he floats in cryonic suspension he awaits his new spleen and dreams back through the last six years of his life which reveal much of his bizarre journey and the battle with Belial, the force of evil that will stop at nothing to achieve its goal.

From the Back Cover

God is not dead, he has merely been exiled to an extraterrestrial planet. And it is on this planet that God meets Herb Asher and convinces him to help retake Earth from the demonic Belial. Featuring virtual reality, parallel worlds, and interstellar travel, The Divine Invasion blends philosophy and adventure in a way few authors can achieve.
As the middle novel of Dick s VALIS trilogy, "The Divine Invasion" plays a pivotal role in answering the questions raised by the first novel, expanding that world while exploring just how much anyone can really know even God himself.
Over a career that spanned three decades, Philip K. Dick (1928 1982) wrote 121 short stories and 45 novels, establishing himself as one of the most visionary authors of the twentieth century. His work is included in the Library of America and has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Eleven works have been adapted to film, including "Blade Runner" (based on "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"), Total Recall, "Minority Report," and "A Scanner Darkly."
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