num_pages: 271
description: It was the delusion of a burned out case, caused by the death of a friend, a shattered marriage and too many drugs. 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.It was madness pure and simple. But what if it were true?VALIS, the disorienting and eerily funny centrepiece of Dick's final trilogy (which includes The Divine Invasion and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer), is part science fiction, part theological detective story - in which God plays both missing person and the perpetrator of the ultimate crime.Front cover illustration by Chris Moore
language: English
title: Valis
titlecomplete: Valis
characters: Philip K. Dick, Horselover Fat
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Religion, American, Philosophy, Speculative Fiction, Literature, Science Fiction Fantasy, Novels, Fantasy
ratings_count: 29086
places: Santa Ana, California
series: VALIS Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis
category: Foreign Novel
publisher: Grafton