Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick

by Lawrence Sutin

Paperback, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

PS3554.I3 Z89

Description

"The only biography I've ever read that's as exciting as a spy novel . . . Phil Dick's life was as weird and mysterious as any of his science fiction books."--Robert Anton Wilson With thirty-eight books currently in print and seven of his novels and short stories adapted into blockbuster films, Philip K. Dick is recognized worldwide as one of our time's greatest and most influential novelists. Lawrence Sutin's Divine Invasions, acknowledged by the Dick family as the official Philip K. Dick biography, illuminates the life of the man who loosed the bonds of the science-fiction genre and profoundly influenced such writers as Pynchon, Delillo, David Foster Wallace, and Jonathan Lethem. Absorbing, beautifully written, and profoundly revealing, Divine Invasions is a must-read for Dick fans and for all fans of contemporary fiction and film.… (more)

Rating

½ (101 ratings; 3.9)

Publication

Da Capo Press (2005), 368 pages

Pages

368

Physical description

368 p.; 5.25 x 1 inches

Awards

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire (Winner — 1996)
Minnesota Book Awards (Finalist — Biography — 1991)

LCC

PS3554.I3 Z89

ISBN

0786716231 / 9780786716234
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