"The Eye of the Sibyl" is a
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...
short story by American writer
Philip K. Dick. It was written sometime around 1975, but not published until 1987 when it was included in volume 5 (subtitled "The Little Black Box") of ''
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick'', and has been reprinted since i
other editionsof this book such as the U.S. edition ''
The Eye of the Sibyl and Other Stories'' .
This is said to have been Dick's first piece of fiction for publication after his
"2-3-74" experience that was the basis for his
''Exegesis'', and later the novels ''
VALIS
''Valis'' (stylized as ''VALIS'') is a 1981 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, intended to be the first book of a three-part series. The title is an acronym for ''Vast Active Living Intelligence System'', Dick's gnostic vis ...
'', the posthumously published precursor to VALIS, ''
Radio Free Albemuth'', and ''
The Divine Invasion''. Eventually rejected by the venue for which it was written, the major points of Dick's 1975 worldview are set forth, in a style reminiscent of his earlier work, and very similar to his treatment of this material in his later books.
External links
Eye of the Sybil at Internet Speculative Fiction Database
1987 short stories
Short stories by Philip K. Dick
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