Deus Irae
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 Cover of first edition (hardcover) |
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| Author | Philip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny |
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| Cover artist | John Cayea |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Released | 1976 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 182 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-385-04527-1 |
Deus Irae is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny. It was published in 1976. Deus irae means God of wrath in Latin. The name is a play on Dies Irae, meaning Day of Wrath or Judgment Day.
Dick began the book but realized he didn't know enough about its central theme — namely Christianity — to finish it, so he asked Zelazny to collaborate on it with him. It reportedly took 12 years to write.
[edit] Plot introduction
Following a devastating nuclear war, the fallout of which has caused mutations to the majority of the population, a new religion has been founded with Carleton Leuftufel, the man who created and detonated the bomb, as its deity. The new religion is anger-driven, in comparison to the remnants of the meek Christian Church, and it is from this that the book gets its name. Tibor McMasters, an armless, legless artist has been commissioned to paint a mural of Leuftufel, though nobody knows where Leuftufel lives, or what he looks like.
[edit] References
- Levack, Daniel J. H. (1983). Amber Dreams: A Roger Zelazny Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller, 29-30. ISBN 0-934438-39-0.
