Philip K. Dick · trilogy
VALIS Trilogy books in order
A late-career trilogy concerned with divine revelation, theological speculation, and the relationship between reality and fiction.
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- 1 VALIS
Book 1 · novel · 1981
It began with a blinding light, a divine revelation from a mysterious intelligence that called itself VALIS (Vast Active Living Intelligence System). And with that, the fabric of reality was torn apart and laid bare so that anything…
- 2 The Divine Invasion
Book 2 · novel · 1981
What if God—or a being called Yah—were alive and in exile on a distant planet? How could a second coming succeed against the high technology and finely tuned rationalized evil of the modern police state?
- 3 The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
Book 3 · novel · 1982
The Transmigration of Timothy Archer, the final novel in the trilogy that also includes Valis and The Divine Invasion, is an anguished, learned, and very moving investigation of the paradoxes of belief. It is the story of Timothy Archer,…
