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VALIS

1981

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A troubled man believes that a mysterious intelligence has contacted him through a beam of pink light. His search for an explanation draws his friends into an investigation of revelation, mental illness, and the possibility of a hidden order behind everyday life.

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Work history

  1. Oct-Nov 1978

    Composed Oct-Nov 1978

    Composition date or range from the canonical chronology.

  2. Nov 29, 1978

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Nov 29, 1978

  3. Feb 1981

    First published Feb 1981

    Valis · Bantam