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The Divine Invasion

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In 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"

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—West Coast Revew of Books.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 238 pages

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