HarperVoyager The Divine Invasion, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Paperback, Philip K. Dick
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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. HarperVoyager The Divine Invasion, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Paperback, Philip K. Dick - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Merchant: Harper Collins
Product ID: 9780006482505
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Dimensions: 129x198mm
Keywords: science fiction,sci-fi,interstellar,classic,cult,sf,literary,space,opera,madness,bladerunner,God,Elijah,Earth
ISBN: 9780006482505
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Rating: 5
Review: A classic , one of Dick's best books.
Author: Culture Vulture
Rating: 1
Review: Before this I had read only one Philip K Dick novel,A Scanner Darkly (S.F. MASTERWORKS) - a book I very much enjoyed. I thought the premise of a malicious replacement for God taking over our universe was a good one and still do. However, the story did not live up to my expectations, partly due to the fact that this malicious god (Belial) is not very utilised in the story and does not even make an appearance until near the end. The ending itself is a kind of anti-climax and I feel the book ends with a very weak final confrontation. I had high hopes for this and very much wanted to like the novel which was why I kept reading in the hope it would begin to improve in my eyes. I was hoping for the kind of profound philosophical observation of which Dick is clearly capable but found almost none of it. The only part that interested me was that was the idea that Belial merely enables us to see people in the world in the worst kind of way. That singular, small observation was pretty much all I thought worthwhile taking from the entire novel. Also of great frustration was the confused structure of the narrative, mainly the fact that a large part of the novel flips between the present in which God is returning to earth as a small child and one of the characters reliving his memories whilst his body is in cryogenic sleep awaiting a new spleen, which does no favours for the plot at all.
