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What is Valis about?

<p><P><b>Valis</b> is the first book in Philip K. Dick's incomparable final trio of novels (the others being are <i>The Divine Invasion</i> and <i>The Transmigration of Timothy Archer</i>). 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. <b>Valis</b> is a theological detective story, in which God is both a missing person and the perpetrator of the ultimate crime.<P>&quot;The fact that what Dick is entertaining us about is reality and madness, time and death, sin and salvation&#151;this has escaped most critics. Nobody notices that we have our own homegrown Borges, and have had him for thirty years.&quot;&#151;Ursula K. Le Guin, <i>New Republic</i></p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>The quest for God is the binding theme of this trilogy. The ``funny and painful and sometimes brilliant'' VALIS(anagram) finds protagonist and Dick alter-ego Horselover Fat unable to reconcile human suffering with his belief in God. Invasion is a ``fascinating and highly readable'' vision of Armageddon, blending New Testament, Kabbalah and Dick's own worldview. In Transmig

Who reads Valis?

Author

Philip K. Dick

Publisher

Vintage Books; Random House

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781780220390

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Thriller, Thrillers

Rating

3.94 / 5 (17,672 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14