Valis is the first book in Philip K. Dick's incomparable final trio of novels (the others being are 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.
"The fact that what Dick is entertaining us about is reality and madness, time and death, sin and salvation--this has escaped most critics. Nobody notices that we have our own homegrown Borges, and have had him for thirty years."--Ursula K. Le Guin, New Republic
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菲利普·迪克出生于美国芝加哥,之后在加利福尼亚州度过了大半生。1952年,他开始专职写作,终其一生,除四十四部长篇小说外,迪克还创作了一百二十一篇中短篇故事。
迪克只得过一次雨果奖、一次坎贝尔纪念奖,却被誉为“科幻作家中的科幻作家”。他一生中大多数时间都挣扎在贫困的边缘,但去世之后,他的十部作品包括《银翼杀手》《全面回忆》《少数派报告》等被好莱坞搬上大银幕,深受大众欢迎。
2007年,迪克的作品被收入“美国文库”系列,这一系列专门收录美国经典文学,而迪克是第一位入选该系列的科幻作家。
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但丁在《神曲》中就探讨过。抹消时间的关键,就是重获记忆。一日入类能够不再遗忘,真正记忆就能上下延展,延伸到过去,也延伸到未来,而且奇妙地,还能延伸到平行宇宙中去。它不仅能水平延伸,也可以垂直延伸。
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