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Dick's leading hypothesis was that he had been contacted by a transcendental, mystical mind he called VALIS, or '''V'''ast '''A'''ctive '''L'''iving '''I'''ntelligence '''S'''ystem. In the summer of 1976, Dick completed a novel based on these so-called "2-3-74 experiences," which he titled ''VALISystem A''. The novel was sold to Bantam Books, but after editor Mark Hurst suggested some possible revisions, Dick began contemplating a revision so radical as to constitute a new novel. The original ''VALISystem A'' was published posthumously as '' Radio Free Albemuth ''. The new version, titled simply '' VALIS '', was completed late in 1978 and published in 1981 (the plot of the earlier version appears as the plot of a science fiction movie, also called "VALIS," that the characters see). By that time, Dick had completed a second novel, one equally as filled with his thoughts about religion and philosophy and very indirectly linked to it (the VALIS entity gets a single mention), which he called ''VALIS Regained'' and which was published as '' The Divine Invasion ''. Dick soon began talking (in letters and interviews) about a third novel to complete a "VALIS Trilogy." The novel was first to be called ''Fawn, Look Back'', then ''The Owl in Daylight''. At least two outlines for the unwritten novel were published posthumously, and descriptions have appeared in several interviews and letters. All of these schema are to some extent contradictory, and it is likely that the novel he never lived to write would have been significantly different from any of them. After Dick's death, several omnibus editions of a "VALIS Trilogy" were published, with his final mainstream novel '' The Transmigration Of Timothy Archer '' standing in for the unwritten final volume. Thematically, the book fits comfortably with the two finished volumes, and many readers are unaware that the novel was not intended by Dick to be part of the trilogy (although this is perhaps evident by its failure to cite VALIS.)
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