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Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick

by Lawrence Sutin · 1989

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Divine Invasions is the definitive biography of one of America's greatest novelists and science fiction's greatest ambassador to literary audiences. Philip K. Dick loosened the bonds of the genre, ultimately making his reputation as a literary writer who happened to write speculative fiction, and profoundly influencing such writers as Pynchon, Delillo, David Foster Wallace, and Jonathan Lethem. Divine Invasions is being reissued to coincide with the fall 2005 release of "A Scanner Darkly," a film based on Dick's novel of the same name.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thisliterary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of thismemoirmemoirMore like thisLess of this
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science fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of this
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religionreligionMore like thisLess of thiswriterswritersMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 352 pages

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