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80-81 Dorothy on Marion's death: From two typed journal pages by Dorothy dated November 18, 1952 (copies of these pages provided to author by Lynne Cecil).

81 PKD and Joseph Hudner: Author's interview with Iskandar Guy, February 1986.

81 Visit to Edgar: Author's interview with Kleo Mini, February 1986. Droves of small boys: PKD pulp magazine author's note, September-October 1953, quoted in "Introduction" by Richard Lupoff to reprint of PKD story collection A Handful of Darkness (Boston: Gregg Press, 1978), p. viii.

82 Fans as trolls: PKD note quoted in Lupoff, "Introduction," A Handful of Darkness, p. x. SF writer in Cassandra role: PKD, "Pessimism in Science Fiction," Oblique, December 1955.

82 Van Vogt's advice: "Waterspider" (1964). Van Vogt's suit: Author's interview with Kleo Mini, February 1986. SF writer's lot: Author's interview with Poul Anderson, February 1986.

83 PKD analyzed everything: Author's interview with Virginia Lusby, February 1986. Bad party experience: Author's interview with Vincent Lusby, February 1986. Herb Gold autograph: PKD "Introduction" to The Golden Man (New York: Berkley, 1980), p. xxv.

83-84 FBI agents and seeing the U.S.A.: Author's interview with Kleo Mini, February 1986.

84 Phil on his parents: Interview of Iskandar Guy by Anne Dick, 1982 (tape transcribed by author).

85 Phil's affair: Author's interview with Kleo Mini, February 1986. Proud of his ex-mistress: Author's interview with Anne Dick, February 1986.

85-86 Switch from stories to novels: PKD "Self Portrait" (1968).

86 Mainstream dream: Author's interview with Kleo Mini, February 1986.

86-87 Wrote SF because it was happening: Author's interview with Iskandar Guy, February 1986.

87 Perfect works: Author's interview with Vincent Lusby, February 1986. Falling back on SF tricks: Interview of John Gildersleeve by Gregg Rickman, c. 1985 (tape transcribed by author). Making Gildersleeve a character, PKD's typing speed: Interview of John Gildersleeve by Anne Dick, 1982 (tape transcribed by author).

87 Strange behavior: Author's interview with Chuck Bennett, February 1986.

88 On Solar Lottery: Author's interview with Kleo Mini, February 1986. SF stories and novels: Unpublished typed MS. "Foreword" to PKD story collection The Preserving Machine (1969), in PKD Estate Archives.

89-90 Wollheim on SF, PKD, their 1969 encounter, and life at Ace: Author's interview with Donald Wollheim, June 1986.

91 Marxist sociological view: Exegesis 011 (1979-80).

91 Blurbs: From back cover and front inside page of first edition of Eye in the Sky (1957). The eye: C. 7 of Eye in the Sky.

92 Wyn's requested changes: Author's interviews with Pool Anderson, February 1986, and Donald Wollheim, June 1986. Hallucinated worlds: Exegesis 019 (1978). Captain Video and Kleo's response: Author's interview with Kleo Mini, February 1986.

93 Wollheim on PKD mainstream efforts: Author's interview with Donald Wollheim, June 1986.

93-94 Love scene: C. 17 of Puttering in a Small Land (w. 1957, p. 1985).

95 Soft-drink stand: C. 3 of Time Out of Joint (1959).

95-96 Same novel written over and over: Exegesis 015 (1978).

96 Einstein's theory: Letter, PKD to Alexander Topchiev, February 4, 1958.

Chapter 5: Phil Falls In Love

Books and articles: Above and beyond direct citations, I am indebted to Anne Dick's unpublished biography, Search for Philip K. Dick, which contains much fascinating material on her years with PKD. See also Ludwig Binswanger, "The Case of Ellen West," in Rollo May et al., eds., Existence (New York: Basic Books, 1958), and the essay "Extravagance," in Being-in-the-World: Selected Papers of Ludwig Binswanger (New York: Harper and Row, 1968).

PKD's works: Exegesis 013 (1978).

Author's interviews: With Hatte Blejer, January 1986; with Miriam Lloyd, February 1986; with Lynne Cecil, February 1986; with Vincent and Virginia Lusby, February 1986; with Iskandar Cuy, February 1986.

Quotations:

98 Minor SF writer: C. I of Anne Dick, Search for Philip K. Dick.

98-99 Conversationalist: Ibid.

99 Say things straight-faced: Author's interview with Kleo Mini, August 1988.

99 Declaration of love: C. I of Anne Dick, Search. Charisma: Author's interview with Anne Dick. February 1986.

100 Namby-pamby: Author's interview with Kleo Mini, February 1986. Nat Anteil in court: PKD mainstream novel Confessions of a Crap Artist (w. 1959, p. 1975). One thing too much: Author's interview with Kleo Mini, February 1986.

101-101 PKD after phone call: Letter, PKD to Anne Dick, December 27, 1958.

101 Intolerance: Ibid. On San Francisco Renaissance: Letter, PKD to Walter Lanferman, December 30. 1958.

101-102 Don't read crap: Author's interview with Javnc Brown, February 1986.

102 Adults don't feel well: Ibid. Perfectly good wife: C. I of Anne Dick, Search. You don't throw away good friends: Author's interview with Kleo Mini, February 1986. I am punished: Exegesis 013 (1978).

103 Ace, the lowest of the low, preferred fantasy: C. I of Anne Dick, Search. Twenty-year effort: Ibid.

103 Lunchtime talks: Ibid.

104 PKD's life: Letter, PKD to Eleanor Dimoff, February 1, 1960, published as PKDS pamphlet #1 (1983).

104 Scrubbing the lights: Author's interview with Jayne Brown, February 1986. Jane made up for: C. 2 of Anne Dick, Search. Honeymoon: Author's interview with Anne Dick, April 1984.

104 Not able to rewrite: C. 2 of Anne Dick, Search.

105 Borderline surrealism: C. I of Anne Dick, Search. On Jack Isidore: Letter, PKD to Paul Williams, January 19, 1975, published in Williams's "Introduction" to Confessions of a Crap Artist (Glen Ellen, Calif.: Entwhistle Books, 1975), p. viii.

105 Comments on Crap Artist (ss. 1959, p. 1975): Margin notes made by PKD in September 1980 in the Entwhistle Books edition of Crap Artist he gave to Chris Arena, who kindly allowed the author to copy its contents, February 1986.

106 Wind up hitting her: C. 11 of Crap Artist.

106 Involved because husband dying: C. 11 of Crap Artist. Getting away from mother: Ibid. Fay's voice: C. 5 of Crap Artist. Fay's speech patterns: Margin notes to Arena copy of Crap Artist.

106 Anne on Fay: C. 2 of Anne Dick, Search.

106-107 On Jack Isidore: Letter, PKD to Paul Williams, January 19, 1975, supra.

107 Anne's response: C. 2 of Anne Dick, Search. Beware the person from Porlock: C. 2 of Anne Dick, Search.

107 Words come from hands. C. 2 of Anne Dick, Search. Intuitive method: Letter, PKD to Eleanor Dimoff, February 1, 1960, supra. Die or have baby: C. 2 of Anne Dick, Search.

108 Mediterranean family: C. 2 of Anne Dick, Search.