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laughing

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 3:56 am
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Hi all.
What biography of Dick would any of you recommend?
Any I should steer clear of?

Thanks!
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:31 am
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Lawrence Sutin's _Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick_
is definitely the best. It's scholaraly, readable, and does not
flinch from the unpleasant aspects of PKD's personality
and life.

-- Bill Cleere

"I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of
wearing an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendahl)

"Dickness" <laughing.DeleteThis@funny.stuff> wrote in message
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 > Hi all.
 > What biography of Dick would any of you recommend?
 > Any I should steer clear of?
 >
 > Thanks!
 > --
 > YKW
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laughing

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 5:17 am
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 > Lawrence Sutin's _Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick_
 > is definitely the best. It's scholaraly, readable, and does not
 > flinch from the unpleasant aspects of PKD's personality
 > and life.
 >
 > -- Bill Cleere
 >
 > "I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of
 > wearing an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendahl)
 >

Thanks alot. A good friend recommended the same one.




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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:54 pm
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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 04:31:48 GMT, "Bill Cleere"
<bcleere.RemoveThis@philipkdick.com> wrote:

 >Lawrence Sutin's _Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick_
 >is definitely the best. It's scholaraly, readable, and does not
 >flinch from the unpleasant aspects of PKD's personality
 >and life.
 >
 >-- Bill Cleere

  Thanks. As I said in a previous post I'm new to this group
and have always wondered what might be a good read on this subject.

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 7:40 pm
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I've read most of "I Am Alive and You Are Dead," by Emmanuel Carerre, and it
gets into an awful lot you will not find in any other biography, though it is at
times hard to read because of Dick's sometimes exceedingly painful behaviour.
The guy really was skating on the absolute edge of insanity.

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: Hi all.
: What biography of Dick would any of you recommend?
: Any I should steer clear of?
:
: Thanks!
: --
: YKW
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mitchell_leary

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:11 am
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"Steve Franklin" <trash.DeleteThis@lordbalto.com> wrote in message news:<PjPpd.937$lv6.88@trnddc03>...
 > I've read most of "I Am Alive and You Are Dead," by Emmanuel Carerre, and it
 > gets into an awful lot you will not find in any other biography, though it is at
 > times hard to read because of Dick's sometimes exceedingly painful behaviour.
 > The guy really was skating on the absolute edge of insanity.
 >
 > "Dickness" <laughing.DeleteThis@funny.stuff> wrote in message
 > news:Xns954565D9DC969laughingfunnystuff@63.223.5.254...
 > :
 > : Hi all.
 > : What biography of Dick would any of you recommend?
 > : Any I should steer clear of?
 > :
 > : Thanks!
 > : --
 > : YKW
 > :

There is a very hard to find bio titled PHILIP K. DICK by Douglas A.
Mackey that I highly recommend. The last used copy I saw over on
Amazon.com went for almost $200.oo. Check used bookstores, I found a
copy for $30.oo, it's very well written.


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