Valis (signed by Kim Stanley Robinson + review slip + publicity sheet

Dick, Philip K.

ISBN 10: 0948893168 / ISBN 13: 9780948893162

Published by Kerosina: Worcester Park, 1987

About this Item

SF novel, first published as a Bantam paperback original in 1981, and.first in the Valis trilogy followed by THE DIVINE INVASION (1981) and THE TRANSMIGRATION OF TIMOTHY ARCHER (1982) This Kerosina first hardcover edition adds a new afterword by Kim Stanley Robinson. 1500 trade copies printed. THIS COPY SIGNED BY KIM STANLEY ROBINSON. Laid in the publisher's review slip and publicity sheet. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new). First hardcover edition (& 1st printing).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Valis (signed by Kim Stanley Robinson + review slip + publicity sheet
• Publisher: Kerosina: Worcester Park
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0948893168
• ISBN 13: 9780948893162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

VALIS is the first book in Philip K. Dick's incomparable final trio of novels (the others being The Divine Invasion and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer ). This disorienting and bleakly funny work is about a schizophrenic hero named Horselover Fat; the hidden mysteries of Gnostic Christianity; and reality as revealed through a pink laser. VALIS is a theological detective story, in which God is both a missing person and the perpetrator of the ultimate crime.

Review

The first of Dick's three final novels (the others are Divine Invasion and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer). Known as science fiction only for lack of a better category, "Valis" takes place in our world and may even be semi-autobiographical.

The proponent of the novel, Horselover Fat, is thrust into a theological quest when he receives communion in a burst of pink laser light. From the cancer ward of a bay area hospital to the ranch of a fraudulent charismatic religious figure who turns out to have a direct com link with God, Dick leads us down the twisted paths of Gnostic belief, mixed with his own bizarre and compelling philosophy. Truly an eye opening look at the nature of consciousness and divinity.