Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick (69 page)

Author's interviews: With Norman Spinrad, February 1986; with Harlan Ellison, March 1986.

Quotations listed by page number:

3 First discovered SF: PKD "Self Portrait," written in 1968 (perhaps at the request of a publisher, for publicity purposes), published in Philip K. Dick Society (PKDS) Newsletter #2, December 1983.

4 Write about people I love: PKD "Introduction" to story collection The Golden Man (~ew York: Berkley, 1980), xviii.

5 Fictionalizing philosopher: Exegesis 075 (1981).

6 On Pierre Menard- Jorge Luis Borges, "Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote," Ficciones (New York: Grove Press, 1968), pp. 54-55.

6-7 1 speak of. Typed single page dated March 21, 1975, in PKD Estate Archives.

7 Discrediting states of mind: William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience (New York: Collier-Macmillan, 1970), p. 29.

8-9 Charles Freck: C. I1 of A Scanner Darkly (1977).

9 He's crazy: Letter, PKD to Patricia Warrick, December 27, 1980.

Chapter 1: This Mortal Coil

Books and articles. Double Feature, Canada's Newsletter for Parents of Twins, Triplets and Quads, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Spring 1984); Helen J. Landy, Louis Keith, and Donald Keith, "The Vanishing Twin," in Acta Genet Med Gemellol 31. 179-94 (1982).

Author's interviews: With Anne Dick, February 1986; with Kleo Mini, March 1986; with Barry Spatz, March 1986; with Nancy L. Segal, Ph.D. (specialist in psychology of twins), September 1986.

Quotations:

11-12 First six weeks: Letter, Dorothy Hudner to PKD, August 2, 1975.

12 Got all the milk: C. 9 of Anne Dick, Search for Philip K. Dick.

13 Bessie: "Life On Hilly Farm," in J. Edgar Dick, As I Remember Them (unpublished family memoir).

13 Difficult time: "People, More People," in As I Remember Them.

14 Got away; corporal: Interview of J. Edgar Dick by Gregg Rickman, 1982 (tape transcribed by author).

14 Gas attacks: Unpublished PKD "Headnote" (probably written in 1976 for potential use in the Best of Philip K. Dick story collection; a much shorter note was used instead) for the 1963 story "The Days of Perky Pat." In Dick Estate Archives.

15 Special event: Elizabeth M. Bryan, "The Death of a Newborn Twin: How Can Support for Parents Be Improved," Acta Genet Med Gemellol 35: 115-18 (1986).

15 Germ phobias, kissing: Letter, Dorothy Hudner to PKD, August 1975.

16-17 Get very mad: Paul Williams, Only Apparently Real (New York: Arbor House, 1986), pp. 58-59.

17 1 fear that death: "A dream, from St. Sophia," in Exegesis 005 (1975).

17 Jane-in-me-now: Ibid. Twinning: Dr. George Engel, "Death and Reunion: The Loss of a Twin," Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, June 1981.

18 1 wish I could come out: C. 10, Dr. Bloodmoney (1965).

18 Do me: C. 12, Dr. Bloodmoney. She (Jane) fights: Exegesis 013 (1978-79).

19 The changing information: "Tractates Cryptica Scriptura," in Valis (1981).

Chapter 2: Coming Of Age

PKD's works: Exegesis 005 (1975).

Books and articles: Interview of Tessa Dick by J. B. Reynolds and Tim Powers, 1986 (a complete transcript of which was kindly provided by Reynolds to the author). A slightly edited version of this interview appeared in PKDS Newsletter #13, February 1987.

Author's interviews: With Lynne Cecil, February 1986; with Neil Hudner, February 1986; with Barry Spatz, March 1986; with Laura Coehlo, September 1986.

21 No physical contact: Letter, Dorothy Hudner to PKD, August 2, 1975.

21 Friendly youngster: Letter, Child Welfare Institute to Dorothy Hudner, August 12, 1931 (Dick Estate Archives).

21 Handsome little fellow: Interview of J. Edgar Dick by Gregg Rickman, 1982 (tape transcribed by author).

22 Reactions quickly displayed: Mental Test Report, June 1933 (Dick Estate Archives).

22 Promoter: Interview of J. Edgar Dick by Rickman. Jane as cowgirl: Letter, Tessa Dick to author, July 21, 1986.

22 Psalms: Interview of J. Edgar Dick by Rickman.

22-23 White-haired beggar: Letter, PKD to Tessa Dick, August 18, 1976.

23 Edgar's disciplinary approach: C. 9 of Anne Dick, Search for Philip K. Dick.

23 Jingle snake and trapped rabbits: C. 9 of Anne Dick, Search.

23 Football game: Interview of J. Edgar Dick by Rickman. Physically lazy: Interview of J. Edgar Dick by Rickman. Illness and Dorothy's care: C. 9 of Anne Dick, Search.

24 Ted Walton: "The Father-thing" (1954). Two fathers: "Afterthoughts of the Author," in The Best of Philip K. Dick (1977).

24 Clear blue sky: C. 9 of Anne Dick, Search. Jealousy: Author's interview with Lynne Cecil, February 1986.

25 Dorothy's fight for custody: Letter, Dorothy Hudner to PKD, August 2, 1975.

25 Meemaw: Letter, Dorothy Hudner to PKD, August 2, 1975. Meemaw's disciplinary approach; Earl: Letter, Tessa Dick to author, July 21, 1986.

25-26 Molestation as child: C. 4 of Anne Dick, Search.

26 Mike in shelter: "Foster, You're Dead" (1955).

26 Separation from Meemaw: Letter, Dorothy Hudner to PKD, August 2, 1975.

27 PKD's reaction to pamphlet: Cs. 3 and 9 of Anne Dick, Search. Countryside School: School brochure in PKD Estate Archives.

27 Washington, D.C.: PKD "Self Portrait" (w. 1968), in PKDS Newsletter #2, December 1983.

27 Grief and loneliness: C. 9 of Anne Dick, Search.

28 "Song of Philip": Single-page typed MS. in PKD Estate Archives. Mother Dorothy preserved this poem along with other examples of Phil's youthful writing. My editor, Michael Pietsch, has suggested that this poem is too mature to have been written by a five-year-old, and that its author may be Dorothy. That is, of course, possible, but it seems unlikely to me-the poem seems too immature for an adult woman, and further, if Dorothy had written and titled it, surely she would have described her son in it. I believe the MS. to be Dorothy's typed transcription of the words of a precocious child.

28 Wrong one died: Author's interview with Kleo Mini, February 1986.

29 Faith in women: Letter, PKD to J'Ann Forgue, November 23, 1970.

29 Story telling: Report card in PKD Estate Archives.

29 Beetle satori: Rickman, Philip K. Dick: In His Own Words, pp. 49-50.

29-30 Childhood reading: "Self Portrait" (1968).

31 Great change: Rickman interview with J. Edgar Dick.