The Divine Invasion is a 1981 science fantasy novel by American writer Philip K. Dick . It is the second book in the gnostic VALIS trilogy , and takes place in the indeterminate future, perhaps a century or more after VALIS . The novel, originally titled Valis Regained , was nominated to the BSFA Award .
20-453: [REDACTED] Look up valis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Valis may refer to: Valis (novel series) , a series of science fantasy novels by Philip K. Dick Valis (novel) , the first novel in the series Valis (video game series) , a video game series which began in 1986 Valis: The Fantasm Soldier , first game in
40-421: A fictitious film titled Valis that had been made in the twentieth century by a fictitious rock musician named Eric Lampton and featuring "Synchronicity Music" by a fictitious composer named Brent Mini. Both novels not only reference Linda Ronstadt , but include fictional characters named Linda; in the case of VALIS , there is a character named Linda Lampton, and in the case of The Divine Invasion , there
60-405: A girl who also seems to have similar skills and talents, but acts as a surrogate teacher to Emmanuel. For four years, Zina helps Emmanuel regain his memory (the brain damage caused amnesia ) and discover his true identity as Yah, creator of the universe. When he is ready, Zina shows Emmanuel her own parallel universe . In this peaceful world, organized religion has little influence, Rybys Rommey
80-540: A month. The opening chapters were based on Dick's short story, "Chains of Air, Web of Aethyr," which had been written between VALIS and The Divine Invasion and published before either novel in Stellar Science-Fiction Stories #5 in 1980. After a fatal car accident on Earth, Herb Asher is placed into cryonic suspension as he waits for a spleen replacement. Clinically dead, Herb experiences lucid dreams while in suspended animation and relives
100-643: A revision so radical as to constitute a new novel. The original VALISystem A was published posthumously as Radio Free Albemuth . The new version, titled simply VALIS , was completed late in 1978 and published in 1981 (the plot of the earlier version appears as the plot of a science fiction movie, also called "VALIS," that the characters see). By that time, Dick had completed a second novel, one also filled with his thoughts about religion and philosophy and very indirectly linked to VALIS (the VALIS entity gets but two mentions), which he called VALIS Regained and which
120-460: A sequel to Dick's VALIS , though it shares no characters and virtually no plot elements with the other book. Both novels depict divine information being imparted by means of pink beams of light. In both novels, it is suggested or stated that there was a "fall" resulting in impairment to the Godhead , but that some sort of divine method of repair is being processed. Both novels reference
140-506: A trilogy constellating around a basic theme." [1] The Divine Invasion After the fall of Masada in AD 74, God, or " Yah ", is exiled from Earth and forced to take refuge in the CY30-CY30B star system. Although people of Earth are meanwhile ruled by Belial , the fallen Morning Star who serves as Yah's principal Adversary, Yah is intent on reclaiming his creation. The book was conceived as
160-528: Is a character named Linda Fox. In both novels, a character has a dream that conveys the notion that slippers need to be put on in order for said character to approach the dawn. The Divine Invasion was conceived immediately after the completion of VALIS , with the working title VALIS Regained . Dick did not begin actually writing the novel until March 1980 (more than a year after VALIS ' s completion in November 1978), when he wrote it in less than
180-444: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Valis (novel series) The VALIS trilogy is a set of science fiction / philosophical novels by author Philip K. Dick which include VALIS (1978), The Divine Invasion (1980), and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (1982). Dick's first novel about the VALIS concept originally titled " VALISystem A " (written 1976),
200-452: Is saved by Linda Fox, a young singer whom he loves and who is his own personal Savior; she and the goat-creature meet and she kills it, defeating Belial. He finally discovers that this meeting happens over again for everyone in the world, and whether they choose Belial or their Savior decides if they find salvation. The Divine Invasion is a part of the VALIS trilogy of novels: "To walk toward
220-447: Is still alive and married to Herb Asher, and Belial is only a goat kid living in a petting zoo. In an act of kindness, Zina and Emmanuel liberate the goat-creature from his cage, momentarily forgetting that the animal is Belial. The goat-creature finds Herb Asher and attempts to retain control of the world by possessing him and convincing him that Yahweh's creation is an ugly thing that should be shown for what it really is. Eventually Herb
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#1732851368327240-545: The Exegesis , selections of which were published as The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick . Dick's leading hypothesis was that he had been contacted by a transcendental, mystical mind he called VALIS (vast active living intelligence system). In the summer of 1976, Dick completed a novel based on these so-called "2-3-74 experiences," which he titled VALISystem A . The novel was sold to Bantam Books , but after editor Mark Hurst suggested some possible revisions, Dick began contemplating
260-435: The crash, and her unborn son Emmanuel (Yah in human form) suffers brain damage from the trauma but survives. Herb is critically injured and put into cryonic suspension until a spleen replacement can be found. Baby Emmanuel is placed into a synthetic womb , but Elias Tate manages to sneak Emmanuel out of the hospital before the church is able to kill him. Six years pass. In a school for special children, Emmanuel meets Zina,
280-445: The divine "invasion" and countermeasures are prepared. A number of failed attempts are made to destroy the unborn child, all of them thwarted by Elijah and Yah. After successfully making the interstellar journey back to Earth and narrowly avoiding a forced abortion , Rybys and Herb escape in the nick of time, only to be involved in a fatal taxi crash, probably due to the machinations of Belial. Rybys dies from her injuries sustained in
300-554: The fallen angel Belial, who has ruled the Earth for 2000 years since the fall of Masada in the first century AD. Yah's powers, however, are limited by Belial's dominion on Earth, and the four of them must take extra precautions to avoid being detected by the forces of darkness. Things do not go as planned. "Big Noodle", Earth's A.I. system, warns the ecclesiastical authorities in the Christian-Islamic church and Scientific Legate about
320-400: The help of the immortal soul of Elijah , who takes the form of a wild beggar named Elias Tate, Herb agrees to become Rybys's legal husband and father of the unborn "savior". Together they plan to smuggle the six-month pregnant Rybys back to Earth, under the pretext of seeking help for Rybys' medical condition at a medical research facility. After being born in human form, Yah plans to confront
340-416: The last six years of his life. In the past, Herb lived as a recluse in an isolated dome on a remote planet in the binary star system, CY30-CY30B. Yah, a local divinity of the planet in exile from Earth, appears to Herb in a vision as a burning flame, and forces him to contact his sick female neighbor, Rybys Rommey, who happens to be terminally ill with multiple sclerosis and pregnant with Yah's child. With
360-647: The series VALIS (band) , a Seattle rock band fronted by former Screaming Trees bassist Van Conner Valis, Iran , a village in Zanjan Province, Iran Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Valis . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valis&oldid=1143873541 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
380-429: Was published as Radio Free Albemuth after Dick's death (March 1982) in 1985. In February and March 1974, Dick experienced a series of visions and other inexplicable perceptual and cognitive phenomena. For the rest of his life, Dick explored the philosophical implications and hypothesized about the origins of the experience, in a journal which eventually ran to hundreds of thousands of words. This work became known as
400-422: Was published as The Divine Invasion . Dick soon began talking (in letters and interviews) about a third novel to complete a "VALIS Trilogy." After Dick's death, several omnibus editions of the "VALIS Trilogy" were published, with his final mainstream novel The Transmigration of Timothy Archer . Timothy Archer does not cite VALIS, yet Dick himself called the three novels a trilogy, saying "the three do form
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