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Preserved in thousands of pages of typed and handwritten notes, journal entries, letters, and story sketches, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick presents the author’s ambitious and imaginative final work. Edited and introduced by Pamela Jackson and Jonathan Lethem, the book offers an annotated, abridged, two‑volume presentation of Dick’s detailed exploration into the nature of reality, perception, and the relationship between the human and the divine. It documents his eight‑year attempt to fathom the visionary experience known as "2‑3‑74," a time in which he described the universe as being transformed into information, and shows how this work informed the three novels of the VALIS trilogy.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Philip K. Dick
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