A posthumously published
novel by
Philip K. Dick,
Radio Free Albemuth is essentially a rewrite of his own
/Valis?, with many of the strong elements of
gnosticism in the latter work removed. The
alternate history plot concerns the corrupt
US President Fremont (a thinly disguised
Richard Nixon) and the resistance movement to him, which is organised by a superintelligent, extraterristrial, omnipotent being named VALIS, who is identified with
God. Perhaps his most autobiographical novel (Dick himself is a major character), the book deals with his Christianity, the moral repercussions of being an informer for the authorities, and his dislike of the Republican Party, in addition to his recurring themes of identity and reality.