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I'm making my way through this book quickly. It's a lot different than the other bios I've read of Dick. It's his wife Anne's search for an understanding of the dissolution of her marriage to him and what happened after. It's not objective at all and not intended to be. Anyone who has ever been in a failed relationship with someone with mental illness will understand this book. It gives a new perspective on PKD.

I've read three other biographies of Philip K. Dick, the ones by Lawrence Sutin, Paul Williams and Greg Rickman. I like the Rickman book the best of the three. This one was written by one of his ex-wives. Knowing as much of PKD's story, it's interesting getting Anne Dick's perspective on different incidents I've read about from a biographer's perspective. I'm also liking the snippets from his novels written at the ti