Indeholder "Acknowledgments", "Foreword - by Paul Williams", "Introduction: If Heraclitus is Ring - And 'The Nature of Things Is In The Habit Of Concealing Itself' - Then Where Better To Look For Great Art Than In A Trash Genre?", "Chapter 1: This Mortal Coil (December 1928 - January 1928)", "Chapter 2: Coming of Age And The Onset Of Vertigo (1929 - 1944)", "Chapter 3: Forward Into The 'Real' World, Or, Phil And The Cosmos Start To Compare Notes Seriously (1944 - 1950)", "Chapter 4: A Real Writer At Last, Phil Learns The Facts Of Life In The SF Ghetto And Tries To Get The Hell Out - But Writes His Best Stuff Inside It (Hence The Confusion) (1950 - 1958)", "Chapter 5: Phil Falls In Love, Becomes A Country Squire, Starts Writing Great Books, & Has 'Nervous Breakdown' #3 (Love Can Be A Very Deep Hole To Fall Into (1958 - 1963))", "Chapter 6: Phil's Marriage Mimics 'Reality' By Coming Apart At The Seams. A Vision In The Sky Inspires The Most Brilliant Invasion Of Earth Story Ever Written, And, Country Squire o More, Phil Moves To The East (Gak!) Oakland, Gets Weird, And Finds A New Wife (1963 - 1965)", "Chapter 7: A New Start, A Quiet Life, Then Everything Falls Apart Again - And Phil Can't Find The Handy Spray Can Of Ubik That Could Make It All Cohere (1965 - 1970)", "Chapter 8: Dark Night Of The Soul, Dark-Haired Girls, A Scanner Darkly-It's Always Darkest Before The Dawn, Of Course, But Try Remembering That When The Shit Has Finally Hit The Fan Like It Does In Those Weird Phil Dick Novels (1970 - 1972)", "Chapter 9: Contemplating Suicide In A Foreign Land, Phil Decides Instead To Commence A New Life From The Bottom Up, Kicks The Amphetamine Urge, Finds A New Wife In Orange County, Writes A Tragic Classic On The Drug Culture, And Concludes That Reality Is 'Amazingly Simple' Just As His Life Is Turned Upside Down Once More (1972-1974)", "Chapter 10: Annus Mirabilis: Information-Rich Pink Light, The Black Iron Prison And The Palm Tree Garden Superimposed, Christopher's Life Saved. A Meta-abstraction Of Ultimate Infinite Value-But Who KNEW What The Hell It REALLY Meant? Not Phil, Not Even As It Beamed Out Nightly Dreams Explaining It All In Giant Books (February 1974 - February 1975)", "Chapter 11: As 2-3-74 Ripes Into Valis, Phil Fashions New Theories Nightly Yet Wonders - Meta-abstractions Be Damned-If Ever He'll Find The True Love He Deserves (Who Doesn't?), While Slowly He Discovers (Sometimes) Something Like Happiness Anyway (1975 - 1978)", "Chapter 12: Big Bucks and Condo Comfort. First Mainstream Sale To A New York House. The Gosh Wow Hollywood Dazzle Of Blade Runner - None Of These Are Enough, Not Nearly, Not With A World Crying Out For Redemption And Stubborn Reality Still Undefined. But Time Is Running Out And Phil Knows It (1979 - 1982)", "Chronological Survey and Guide", "Sources and Notes", "Index".

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