The Resource Valis, Philip K. Dick
Valis, Philip K. Dick
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The item Valis, Philip K. Dick represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- "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 Bol�oWhat is VALIS' This question is at the heart of Philip K. Dick's ground-breaking novel, and the first book in his defining trilogy. When a beam of pink light begins giving a schizophrenic man named Horselover Fat (who just might also be known as Philip K. Dick) visions of an alternate Earth where the Roman Empire still reigns, he must decide whether he is crazy, or whether a godlike entity is showing him the true nature of the world. VALIS is essential reading for any true Philip K. Dick fan, a novel that Roberto Bol�o called "more disturbing than any novel by [Carson] McCullers." By the end, like Dick himself, you will be left wondering what is real, what is fiction, and just what the price is for divine inspiration
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Mariner books ed.
- Extent
- 271 pages
- Note
- Novel
- Isbn
- 9780547572413
- Label
- Valis
- Title
- Valis
- Statement of responsibility
- Philip K. Dick
- Subject
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- trueMen with schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia -- Fiction
- Science fiction
- Science fiction
- trueScience fiction
- Science fiction
- trueScience fiction
- trueScience fiction authors
- trueVisions
- trueBelief and doubt
- trueDissociative identity disorder
- Fiction
- Fiction
- God
- God -- Fiction
- trueHuman/alien encounters
- trueMeaning (Psychology)
- trueReality
- Schizophrenia
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 Bol�oWhat is VALIS' This question is at the heart of Philip K. Dick's ground-breaking novel, and the first book in his defining trilogy. When a beam of pink light begins giving a schizophrenic man named Horselover Fat (who just might also be known as Philip K. Dick) visions of an alternate Earth where the Roman Empire still reigns, he must decide whether he is crazy, or whether a godlike entity is showing him the true nature of the world. VALIS is essential reading for any true Philip K. Dick fan, a novel that Roberto Bol�o called "more disturbing than any novel by [Carson] McCullers." By the end, like Dick himself, you will be left wondering what is real, what is fiction, and just what the price is for divine inspiration
- Summary
- A theological detective story in which God is both a missing person and the perpetrator of the ultimate crime. The schizophrenic hero, a Dick alter-ego named Horselover Fat, begins receiving revelatory visions through a burst of pink laser light. As a coterie of religious seekers forms to explore these messages, they are led to a rock musician's estate, where a two-year old Messianic figure named Sophia confirms that an ancient, mechanical intelligence orbiting the earth has been guiding their discoveries
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 024177
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dick, Philip K
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3554.I3
- LC item number
- V35 2011
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- God
- Schizophrenia
- Science fiction
- God
- Schizophrenia
- Science fiction
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Valis, Philip K. Dick
- Note
- Novel
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Mariner books ed.
- Extent
- 271 pages
- Isbn
- 9780547572413
- Lccn
- 2011016049
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)694829949
- Label
- Valis, Philip K. Dick
- Note
- Novel
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Mariner books ed.
- Extent
- 271 pages
- Isbn
- 9780547572413
- Lccn
- 2011016049
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)694829949
Subject
- trueMen with schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia -- Fiction
- Science fiction
- Science fiction
- trueScience fiction
- Science fiction
- trueScience fiction
- trueScience fiction authors
- trueVisions
- trueBelief and doubt
- trueDissociative identity disorder
- Fiction
- Fiction
- God
- God -- Fiction
- trueHuman/alien encounters
- trueMeaning (Psychology)
- trueReality
- Schizophrenia
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