by Philip K. Dick
Unlike
any other PKD fiction I have read, not science fiction at all, instead
it tells the story of an Episcopalian Bishop who was ultimately
interested in finding the source material for the Gospels, which led to
his untimely death in the desert of Israel. This novel is apparently a
thinly veiled story about Bishop James Pike, whom Philip K. Dick
considered a personal friend. This work explores many themes including
faith, gate, destiny, sin – all set in California in the height of the
cultural revolution that was the late sixties. It is hard to say whether
PKD has any personal affinity for Christianity based on this book, but
he certainly doesn't dismiss it outright either. It felt like an honest
attempt to explain this man and the reason for the choices he made.
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