Description
Exiled for 2,000 years God must retake the Earth from the clutches of his nemesis using a man caught between life and death as His vessel.
God is in exile. The only man who can help is clinically dead. Herb Asher, an audio engineer by trade, is in suspended animation following a car accident that appears to have taken his life. As he floats in cryonic suspension he awaits his new spleen and dreams back through the last six years of his life which reveal much of his bizarre journey and the battle with Belial, the force of evil that will stop at nothing to achieve its goal.
Exiled for 2,000 years God must retake the Earth from the clutches of his nemesis using a man caught between life and death as His vessel. God is in exile. The only man who can help is clinically dead. Herb Asher, an audio engineer by trade, is in suspended animation following a car accident that appears to have taken his life. As he floats in cryonic suspension he awaits his new spleen and dreams back through the last six years of his life which reveal much of his bizarre journey and the battle with Belial, the force of evil that will stop at nothing to achieve its goal. / Dick's cult status as an author has been transformed into a major cultural icon through Hollywood's adaptation of his stories into films: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report and A Scanner Darkly / Radio Free Albemuth will be the 10th movie adaptation of a Dick story, set to be released in June 2008 / Official film website at www.radiofreealbemuth.com
About the Author
Philip K Dick was born in Chicago in 1928 and lived most of his life in California. He attended college for a year at Berkeley. Apart from writing, his main interest was music. He won the Hugo Award for his classic novel of alternative history, The Man in the High Castle (1962). He was married five times and had three children. He died in March 1982.
Reviews
'A great philosophical writer' Independent
'Really excellent entertainment' Daily Telegraph
'One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction' Sunday Times
Book Information
ISBN 9780006482505
Author Philip K. Dick
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint HarperVoyager
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 210g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 16mm
