Étienne Barilier is a Swiss writer, philosopher, and translator. Writing in French, his work delves into profound philosophical questions with a refined literary style. His contributions are valued for their intellectual depth and unique perspective on the human condition.
La revue qui défie la gravité
Fées, Irlande, miniatures, inspiration, Majipoor, hyperespace, temporalités, télé-réalité, éthérisateur, fantômes malades, steampunk, infra-rouge, rocher, 666, matin du monde, Arcadie, imaginaire du Golfe, ivoire, Brassens, Mabuse, Calabi-Yau, masque mortuaire, paléozoïque...
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment--find them and then..."retire" them. Trouble was, the androids all looked exactly like humans, and they didn't want to be found!
It was the delusion of a burned out case, caused by the death of a friend, a shattered marriage and too many drugs. It began with a blinding light, a divine revelation from a mysterious intelligence that called itself VALIS . And with that the fabric of reality was ripped open and laid bare so that anything seemed possible but nothing seemed quite right. It was madness pure and simple. But what if it were true? VALIS , the disorienting and eerily funny centrepiece of Dick's final trilogy (which includes The Divine Invasion and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer ), is part science fiction, part theological detective story - in which God plays both missing person and the perpetrator of the ultimate crime. Front cover illustration by Chris Moore