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The Transmigration of Timothy Archer

(1982)
(The third book in the Valis series)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1983 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee)
1982 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee)

Loosely based on the story of Bishop James Pike, Dick's last novel in the trilogy that includes The Divine Invasion and Valis tells of an erudite man of the cloth whose faith is shaken by the suicides of his son and mistress, and then transformed by his bizare quest for the identity of Christ.


Genre: Science Fiction

Praise for this book

"The stakes in this book are hope and sanity. Dick wins. It is time and past time that reviewers and critics take notice of this elusive and incomparable artist." - Ursula K Le Guin


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