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The book of Philip K. Dick

by Philip K. Dick

Compiled from extensive personal notes, journals, and letters, this volume documents an eight-year endeavour to make sense of a profound visionary experience. It explores complex theories of reality, space, time, and divinity that inspired the writer's final novels.

Accession 9312 ISBN — Publisher DAW Books
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