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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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A Wonderful Glimpse Into the Mind of a Troubled Creative Genius,
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This review is from: In Pursuit of Valis: Selections from the Exegesis (Paperback)
Dick's life, and his literary creations, were not as disconnected as some might think. For most of his life, he struggled with a variety of mental and emotional challenges that were often reflected in the stories he told.
Toward the end of his life he began to have what many would describe as a mental breakdown, yet he retained a kind of clarity, of self-analytical passion, that drove him to delve deeply into the experiences he was having. These experiences, reflected in his last 5 or 6 novels, are documented in letters and notes, and in an almost obsessive journal of thoughts and ideas he struggled with during the final years of his life. Some have criticized this tome as ponderous, confusing, and poorly edited. For me, it is raw, pure, unfiltered Dick. Some is sad, some illuminating, and some hysterically funny, but I'm glad to have it all so that I can find my own path to his mind, and heart. Valis Radio Free Albemuth A SCANNER DARKLY The Divine Invasion The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Unforgettable, albeit confusing in parts.,
By A Customer
This review is from: In Pursuit of Valis: Selections from the Exegesis (Hardcover)
From the author responsible for "Bladerunner" and "Total Recall" comes this very personal record of schizophrenia, conspiracy and hallucinatory mysticism. The bulk of "Valis" deals with Dick's attempts to understand the teachings of the ancient gnostic Christians - a quest which took on new urgency as Dick came to believe that the Roman Empire was using technology supplied by evil aliens to keep time frozen at 70 A.D. Unforgettable, albeit confusing in parts.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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A must for PKD fans,
By Cilantron (CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: In Pursuit of Valis: Selections from the Exegesis (Paperback)
This book is a must for Philip Dick fans, particularly if you're a fan of his later work. If you haven't already read Valis, this book won't make much sense to you. The first portion of Valis is almost autobiographical and describes some very strange events that happened to Dick in the early 70's. He then spent the rest of his life trying to understand what happened to him, and wrote voluminous notes on his theorizing. The collected notes he called his "Exegesis," which is a theological term meaning "interpretation of scripture" (I told you they were very strange events.) Some of his Exegesis made it's way into Valis and other books. This volume contains even more. Unfortunately, he never really comes to a "final answer," which makes him different from the Apostle Paul, but this is a fascinating volume nonetheless. Fans of Gnosticism will find this book even more interesting than I do.
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