{"product_id":"a-life-of-philip-k-dick-the-man-who-remembered-the-future-9781788284585","title":"A Life of Philip K. Dick: The Man Who Remembered the Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Anthony Peake is uniquely qualified to analyze Philip K Dick's life.\" - E J Morgan, author of \u003ci\u003eA Kindred Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Philip K. Dick, VALIS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhilip 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Life of Philip K Dick \u003c\/i\u003eopens 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... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePKD claimed to have visions of the future. In his published journal \u003ci\u003eThe Exegesis\u003c\/i\u003e, he explores precognition, time theories and even alien abduction. Anthony Peake's own interest in metaphysics and altered states of consciousness make 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcturus Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788284585\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.70w x 0.70d","brand":"Anthony Peake","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36668987703452,"sku":"9781788284585","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7fca57a0-3836-44ce-89ab-1374c104a6b9.jpg?v=1603918943","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-life-of-philip-k-dick-the-man-who-remembered-the-future-9781788284585","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}