DEUS IRAE
Book Details + Condition: Doubleday & Company Inc. (Garden City, NY). First Edition, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket. 182 pages. First collaborative work between celebrated science fiction authors. DEUS IRAE is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel started by American author Philip K. Dick and finished with the help of American author Roger Zelazny. Deus irae, meaning God of Wrath in Latin, is a play on Dies Irae, meaning Day of Wrath or Judgment Day. The novel was based on Dick's short stories "The Great C" and "Planet for Transients", and traces the years following World War III, in which a new and powerful faith has arisen from a scorched and poisoned Earth - a faith that embraces the architect of worldwide devastation.
Firm binding; light wear to boards; interior is clean and free of markings. Original dust jacket has minor wear, mainly at edges; it retains the original price and is protected with a mylar cover.
