In2007,PhilipK.Dick:FourNovelsofthe1960sbecamethefastestsellingtitleinTheLibraryofAmerica’shistory.The2008companionvolume,FiveNovelsofthe1960s&70s,brokeseriesrecordsforadvancesales.NowcomesathirdandfinalvolumegatheringthebestnovelsofDick’sfinalyears,whenreligiousrevelation,alwaysimportantinhiswork,becameadominantandirresistibletheme.InAMazeofDeath(1970),adarklyspeculativemysterythatforeshadowsDick’sfinalnovels,colonistsontheplanetDelmak-OtrytodeterminethenatureoftheGod-or“Mentufacturer“-whoplotstheirdestiny.ThelatemasterpieceVALIS(1981)isanovelisticreworkingof“theeventsof2-3-74,“whenDick’slifewastransformedbywhathebelievedwasamysticalrevelation.Itisaharrowingself-portraitofamantornbetweenconflictinginterpretationsofwhatmightbegnosticilluminationorpsychoticbreakdown.TheDivineInvasion(1981),asequeltoVALIS,isapowerfulexplorationofgnosticinsightanditshumanconsequences.TheTransmigrationofTimothyArcher(1982),Dick’slastnovel,isbyturnstheologicalthriller,roman?clef,anddisenchantedportraitoflate1970sCalifornialife,basedlooselyonthecontroversialcareerofBishopJamesPike-aclosefriendandkindredspirit.LIBRARYOFAMERICAisanindependentnonprofitculturalorganizationfoundedin1979topreserveournation’sliteraryheritagebypublishing,andkeepingpermanentlyinprint,America’sbestandmostsignificantwriting.TheLibraryofAmericaseriesincludesmorethan300volumestodate,authoritativeeditionsthataverage1,000pagesinlength,featureclothcovers,sewnbindings,andribbonmarkers,andareprintedonpremiumacid-freepaperthatwilllastforcenturies.
