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Written by Roger Zelazny and Philip K. Dick. Dick began the book but realized he did not know enough about Christianity to finish it. He asked Ted White to collaborate on it with him, but after reviewing the manuscript White never got started. Zelazny discovered the manuscript in White's home in early 1968, read it, then contacted Dick and agreed to work on it with him. Work proceeded sporadically over several years as each author forgot about it in turn (and Zelazny's cat took the opportunity t
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Actually this is a strange book. While it starts off trying to find its foothold, being somewhat awkward and language being a bit labored, soon enough it finds its feet indeed and flows effortlessly and nicely. Really bleak and with equal amounts of self-delusion and despair, futility and vain hope, turns out to be a pretty good book. Recommended (3.5 stars)
a little strange, and doesn't completely come fully together as a novel, yet, each chapter, each page held my interest fully and I enjoyed the prose.
Not a good representation of Dick or Zelazny, I'd recommend reading their major works first, but no reason to avoid this title either. ...more
Not a good representation of Dick or Zelazny, I'd recommend reading their major works first, but no reason to avoid this title either. ...more
This book is totally sweet. So good. You got yourself a strange, future, post-apocalyptic relgion, a god figure, a cripple, some other crazy junk. This doesn't deal with parallel worlds...an oddity for PKD.
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