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A Life of Philip K. Dick

The Man Who Remembered the Future

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A Life of Philip K. Dick

By: Anthony Peake
Narrated by: Eric Meyers
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"It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane." (Philip K. Dick, VALIS)

Philip K. Dick was a visionary writer. From post-apocalyptic San Francisco to Nazi-occupied America, his strange alternative futures have transfixed the world. But his life was every bit as unusual as his fiction.

A Life of Philip K Dick opens a window into PKD's unique mind. Written with close cooperation with two of his ex-wives and a number of his friends, we are taken through his five marriages, his periods living in squalor, and his souring literary success. We are also given unparalleled insight into his transcendental experiences....

PKD claimed to have visions of the future. In his published journal The Exegesis, he explores precognition, time theories, and even alien abduction. Anthony Peake's own interest in metaphysics and altered states of consciousness makes him the ideal author to explore this aspect of PKD's life. Considering all possible reasonings behind these experiences, from esoteric to neurological, Peake offers a scrupulous biography of this enigmatic author.

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"Anthony Peake is uniquely qualified to analyze Philip K. Dick's life." (E J Morgan, author of A Kindred Spirit)
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At 40:05 the narrator says "Normal Spinrad," meaning Norman. "Normal" kind of sounds like the name of a PKD character, but otherwise, it's *not* the name of PKD's great fellow writer, and I personally don't know anybody who IS normal, by behavior or name! Needs to be fixed. The book will entertain PKD fans, but it's actually rather tame from Peake. You'll probably dig it.

"Normal Spinrad"

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Happy to have any PKD reference book

Will be listening to this over and over to soak up the details

Happy

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a sobering tale. did he remember the future or did he dream up fantasies that people latched onto and brought into being?
interesting book.

my new anti-drug

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Fascinating read abput PKD books and his personal life. Last few chapters do a great job of exploring what made his work and his literary imagination unique as is related to his health conditions etc.

the Life and Mind of PKD

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Hooray! finally, a PKD biography on Audible. It is good enough that I also bought a copy for my Kindle. I recommend the book.

Hooray! Finally!

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The biography part was alright, but I just found the rest to be a waste of time.

The Biography Section Was Alright

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The bulk of this book focuses on PKD's love life and gossip surrounding by his love life. Get ready to hear in depth descriptions of all his wives and every girl he talked to. If you're here because you have a fascination in the more paranormal and unexplained aspects of the writer's life, you're going to be disappointed. By the time we reach any discussion on his strange experiences, we're so tired from listening of his social life, the paranormal aspects hold little interest. The book ends with a half baked attempt to find some kind of explanation for PKD's experiences. This simply comes out as a list of every possible explanation. It is tedious and tiring to listen to. Perhaps this worked better in print? The narration is good, but there is only so much a narrator can do when dealing with a book that easily could have been trimmed by 60%.

Scatterbrained Biography in Need of Editing

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