Valis and Later Novels: A Maze of Death Valis the Divine Invasion the Transmigration of Timothy Archer
, by Dick, Philip K.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781598530445 | 1598530445
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 7/30/2009
In 2007, Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960sbecame the fastest selling title in The Library of America’s history. The 2008 companion volume, Five Novels of the1960s & 70s, broke series records for advance sales. Now comes a third and final 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.