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During the late sixties, dick became friends with a man named james a. The novel was nominated for the nebula award for best novel in 1982. Timescape paperback imprint at the internet speculative fiction database website timescape books at worlds without end website this publishing related article is a stub. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed. This new age connection was not entirely inappropriate. Dicks death a little over a week ago may mean that this will be his last published novel. With the transmigration of timothy archer philip k. The most productive year was 1964 with 6 books published. This page contains details about the fiction book valis by philip k.
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