{"id":472,"date":"2009-12-03T03:12:19","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T03:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/12\/03\/still-searching-for-philip-k-dick\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:47","slug":"still-searching-for-philip-k-dick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/12\/03\/still-searching-for-philip-k-dick\/","title":{"rendered":"Still searching for Philip K. Dick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, I was lucky enough to interview Anne Dick, Philip K. Dick’s third wife, about their life together and the recent publication of her revised memoir Search for Philip K. Dick, 1928-1982<\/span><\/a>. The interview<\/a> appears in this week’s Orlando Weekly<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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The project itself grew out of a need for answers. \u201c[It] was an attempt to understand what had happened to our relationship at the time of our divorce,\u201d she says. \u201cActually, writing things down turned out to be therapeutic. In words I could go back and feel more in control during those chaotic times.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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As explored in Search<\/span> and later books, Philip Dick famously used aspects of his real life in his surreal and often outlandish stories. \u201cHe wrote Confessions of a Crap Artist<\/span> [one of his earliest and perhaps most successful \u2018autobiographical non-science fiction mainstream\u2019 works] on our honeymoon! I was stunned and somewhat dismayed, but I didn\u2019t say anything except that I thought it was a good book. Privately I thought to myself, \u2018I guess this is what writers do.\u2019 There were a number of other Point Reyes books in which the principal female character is more or less based on me.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Dick revealed several arguably unflattering aspects of her ex-husband. \u201cMany people know now how eccentric Phil\u2019s life was. Many great writers had strange and unsettling lives.\u201d She explored several of his positive traits as well. \u201cHe always tried to help people throughout his life. His books are full of light. I think most people are different and strange way down in their psyches, and in some people their unusual characteristics are closer to the surface.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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\nAfter the interview, my brief piece "The essential Philip K. Dick: a beginner\u2019s guide" gives some reading tips for the PKD neophyte.<\/p>\n

\nCheck it all out at the Orlando Weekly<\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently, I was lucky enough to interview Anne Dick, Philip K. Dick’s third wife, about their life together and the recent publication of her revised memoir Search for Philip K. Dick, 1928-1982. The interview appears in this week’s Orlando Weekly. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n