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Valis is a platform game series created by Telenet Japan. A magical girl plot, the games tell the story of a Japanese schoolgirl who is fated to protect three realms by wielding a mystical sword known as Valis.
O jogo conta a história de Yūko Asou (麻生 優子, Asou Yūko) (Yuko Ahso na maioria das traduções em inglês), uma aluna japonesa do final dos anos 1980 que é convocada para um mundo paralelo chamado de Vecanti (também conhecido como Dreamland ou Mundo dos Sonhos).
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In March 1974, Horselover Fat (the alter-personality of Philip K. Dick) experiences visions of a pink beam of light that he calls Zebra and interprets as a theophany exposing hidden facts about the reality of our universe, and a group of others join him in researching these matters. One of their theories is that there is some kind of alien space pr...
Phil (Philip K. Dick): Narrator (first person), science fiction writer, author of Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and Three Stigmata.Horselover Fat: Narrator (third person), a schizophrenic modality of Phil himself. (Philip in Greek means "fond of horses"; dickis German for "fat".)Gloria Knudson: Suicidal friend of Fat's who Fat is unable to save.Kevin: Cynical friend of Fat's whose cat died running across the street, based on K. W. Jeter.Radio Free Albemuth, a posthumously published earlier version of VALIS, is not included as a component of the VALIS trilogy. Dick completed one more novel after The Divine Invasion, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (1982), based on Dick's association with Bishop James A. Pikeand which, while not referencing VALIS directly, is thematically simil...
Greg Costikyan reviewed Valis in Ares Magazine#9 and commented that "The plot is minor, the characterization poor, and the prose unexciting; philosophy and deft manipulation of mood are not enough to carry the book." Dave Langford reviewed Valis for White Dwarf #98, and stated that "Here a hard-headed Dick gently mocks the weird metaphysics of Fat ...
VALIS has been described as one node of an artificial satellite network originating from the star Sirius in the Canis Major constellation. According to Dick, the Earth satellite used "pink laser beams" to transfer information and project holograms on Earth and to facilitate communication between an extraterrestrial species and humanity. Dick claime...
Theology and philosophy, especially metaphysical philosophy, play an important role in VALIS, presenting not just Dick's (and/or Horselover Fat's) own views on these subjects but also his interpretation of numerous religions and philosophies of the past. The most prominent religious references are to Valentinian Gnosticism, the Rose Cross Brotherho...
VALIS was adapted in 1987 as an electronic opera by composer Tod Machover, and performed at Centre Georges Pompidou, with live singers and video installations created by artist Catherine Ikam. On February 1, 2004, Variety announced that Utopia Pictures & Television had acquired the rights to three of Philip K. Dick's works: Flow My Tears, The Polic...
Galbreath, Robert, (1982). "Salvation-Knowledge: Ironic Gnosticism in VALIS and The Flight to Lucifer," in Science-Fiction Dialogues, Gary K. Wolfe, ed. Chicago: Academy Chicago, pp. 115–32._______________ (1983). "Redemption and doubt in Philip K. Dick's VALIS Trilogy", Extrapolation24:2, pp. 105–15.Palmer, Christopher, (1991). "Postmodernism and the Birth of the Author in Philip K. Dick's VALIS," Science-Fiction Studies55, 18:3, pp. 330–42.Stilling, Roger J., (1991). "Mystical Healing: Reading Philip K. Dick's VALIS and The Divine Invasion as Metapsychoanalytic Novels", South Atlantic Review56: 2, pp. 91–106Valis title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseVALISbook cover galleryTerence McKenna article about Philip K. Dick and VALISValis F. Proteção poderosa contra o mildio da videira, composto por valifenalato e folpete. É um fungicida sistémico com mobilidade xilemica e translaminar com ação preventiva, curativa e anti-esporulante, com grande persistência de ação e boa resistência à lavagem.
Valis saga, again. "Valis III" is coming to Nintendo Switch™! The side-scrolling bishojo action game series "Valis", which was first released in the 80s and gained popularity, celebrated its ...
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Publicado em 1981, Valis é uma obra perturbadora, enigmática, genial e cruelmente engraçada. Um dos últimos trabalhos escritos por Philip K. Dick, o livro diz muito sobre o autor e os inquietantes anos finais de sua vida, seus pensamentos e sua visão de mundo.
