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The Search for Philip K. Dick.
Title:
The Search for Philip K. Dick.
Author:
Dick, Anne R.
ISBN:
9781616960391
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (246 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction by David Gill -- Prologue -- Part I - 1958-64 -- Chapter One - I Meet Phil Dick -- Chapter Two - Honeymoon for Four -- Chapter Three - Family Life in the Country -- Chapter Four - Disaster in Point Reyes Station -- A Postscript to Part I -- Part II - 1964-82 -- Chapter Five - Bachelor in Oakland -- Chapter Six - Nancy -- Chapter Seven - The Scanner Darkly Years -- Chapter Eight - The Vancouver Science Fiction Convention -- Chapter Nine - More Dark-Haired Girls: Linda, Tessa -- Chapter Ten - Doris and Joan -- Chapter Eleven - Death of a Science Fiction Writer -- Part III - 1928-58 -- Chapter Twelve - Early Years -- Chapter Thirteen - Boyhood in Berkeley -- Chapter Fourteen - A Young Man -- Afterword 2009 -- Three 1982 Dreams -- A Legacy -- Index -- About the Author.
Abstract:
Offering an intimate perspective on the life of an important, prolific author, this revealing biography uncovers the inner workings of a cult figure through his tumultuous relationship with his third wife. Brilliant and charismatic, Philip K. Dick was known as a loyal friend, father, and husband, as well as a talented science fiction writer. His six-year marriage to the woman he described as “the love of his life” and his intellectual equal was full of passion—the meeting of soul mates. But behind the faÃÂade of an untroubled life was a man struggling with his demons, unable to trust anyone, and reliant upon his charm to navigate his increasingly dark reality and descent into drugs and madness. Exposing personal details of their married life as well as the ways he continued to haunt her even after their relationship collapsed, Anne Dick provides thorough research combined with personal memories of this mysterious man.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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