“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 Bolaño
What 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 j...
“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 Bolaño
What 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 Bolaño 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.
VALIS is a 1981 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of one aspect of God.
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Such a strange feeling reading this book. A lot of those mad references I wouldn't have a clue even two years ago. Still a lot more that I can't understand even now, but with llms you know that you *c...Such a strange feeling reading this book. A lot of those mad references I wouldn't have a clue even two years ago. Still a lot more that I can't understand even now, but with llms you know that you *can* understand almost all of them with some minimum amount of efforts but still default to not bothering because you're too lazy and a bit afraid..(展开)
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1 有用 exit2000 2019-12-25 13:47:46
比起喜欢更是appreciate的一本书，一场心理与神学的探险。宇宙是信息，上帝是卫星，开悟人是过去未来与现在所有重叠时空里的“自我”叠加的斑马，我在你中，你在我中，我们都在上帝中，而时间从未存在过。时间是一个顽童的玩笑，他让事物改变来假装时间流逝。另一个设定是人类曾拥有天眼，然而为了兴趣，人类创造出一个会自我升级的迷宫，而他们自愿放弃自己的特殊才能来参与这游戏，到后来便忘却自己曾经和神一起看清过... 比起喜欢更是appreciate的一本书，一场心理与神学的探险。宇宙是信息，上帝是卫星，开悟人是过去未来与现在所有重叠时空里的“自我”叠加的斑马，我在你中，你在我中，我们都在上帝中，而时间从未存在过。时间是一个顽童的玩笑，他让事物改变来假装时间流逝。另一个设定是人类曾拥有天眼，然而为了兴趣，人类创造出一个会自我升级的迷宫，而他们自愿放弃自己的特殊才能来参与这游戏，到后来便忘却自己曾经和神一起看清过，而Valis是过去的我们给自己留的救星，它以粉红色电波向我们传递忘却的一切，我们即是语言，我们即是信息，我们即是上帝。这一点上Valis和Ubik一样，到最后都是科技拯救人类。 (展开)
0 有用 泰铎斯 2020-07-17 07:03:35
PKD is more insane than HPL
0 有用 gnep. 2024-12-12 06:54:24 法国
了不起。pkd不光能写仿生人梦见电子羊和尤比克，还能写废物艺术家自白和瓦力斯。太优秀了。是我想要成为的那种人
0 有用 cyberpiok 2025-04-20 18:49:06 广东
Such a strange feeling reading this book. A lot of those mad references I wouldn't have a clue even two years ago. Still a lot more that I can't understand even now, but with llms you know that you *c... Such a strange feeling reading this book. A lot of those mad references I wouldn't have a clue even two years ago. Still a lot more that I can't understand even now, but with llms you know that you *can* understand almost all of them with some minimum amount of efforts but still default to not bothering because you're too lazy and a bit afraid.. (展开)
0 有用 kiov 2014-05-24 12:48:02
PKD死前最后一本长篇小说，前半部分和后半部分的链接非常巧妙