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The Divine Invasion
by Philip K. Dick
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/good
- ISBN 10
- 0671417762
- ISBN 13
- 9780671417765
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Timescape, 1981. Hardcover. Fair/good. Rowena Morrill. First edition. Former library copy with usual markings and flaws. Dust jacket has a library sticker on the spine, is not price clipped, now in new removable protective cover. Blue boards, quarter bound in blue cloth with gold print on spine; spine bottom is bumped. Pages are clean and unmarked, except for library markings. Timescape hard cover with dust jacket, First edition, first printing (complete number line), ISBN: 9780671417765, 239 pages, cover art by Rowena Morrill. 8vo (5.5"" x 8.5"") Nominated, 1982 BSFA Award. 11th place, 1982 Locus Award. 2nd in Valis series, preceded by Valis, and followed by The Transmigration of Timothy Archer.
Synopsis
n The Divine Invasion, Philip K. Dick asks: What if God--or a being called Yah--were alive and in exile on a distant planet? How could a second coming succeed against the high technology and finely tuned rationalized evil of the modern police state? The Divine Invasion "blends Judaism, Kabalah, Zoroastrianism, and Christianity into a fascinating fable of human existence" (West Coast Revew of Books).From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Seller
- Bujoldfan
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 100123019780671417765car
- Title
- The Divine Invasion
- Author
- Philip K. Dick
- Illustrator
- Rowena Morrill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- ISBN 10
- 0671417762
- ISBN 13
- 9780671417765
- Publisher
- Timescape
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 239
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Valis
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction / Fantasy; First editions;
Terms of Sale
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