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PKDS - the Philip K. Dick Society Newsletter

The Philip K. Dick Society was active from 1983 to 1992, during which time 30 issues of the Philip K. Dick Society Newsletter were published. All of these back issues are now available, in printed form, not on-line. They are sold in "packages" (often 4 issues, sometimes bound together). The average issue is 16 pages, some are longer, one is a cassette tape. Most include rare material by PKD. Every issue contains a long and very informative news column on PKD-related matters. Editor: Paul Williams, former Literary Executor of the Estate of Philip K. Dick.

Issue #17

How to get PKDS Newsletters:

Under each heading below, you will find descriptions of each PKDS package. To order any of these, or a full set, click on the link at the top or bottom of this page. There you will have the option of ordering online, or of printing the order form and sending payment by snail mail to: PKDS, Box 232517, Encinitas CA 92023 USA. If you have any questions, email paul@cdaddy.com.

Package A ($10.00):

• The Pamphlet: "A Letter from Philip K. Dick"--a fascinating 12-page letter to a New York editor (1960), in which PKD describes his mainstream novels and his process of writing.
• Issue #1 initiated PKDS with news and information about posthumous PKD publications and related phenomena. Good photos.
• Issue #2 carried a 3000-word autobiographical essay written by PKD in 1968, and featured "Some Random Memories of PKD" by Tim Powers.
• Issue #3 contained a summary of PKD's Exegesis by Jay Kinney, and an excerpt from the Exegesis itself, and "The Death of PKD" by Tim Powers, and a travelogue describing PKD's Marin County.
• Issue #4 has a lengthy letter by PKD on his state of mind in May 1977, "Phil Dick Lives" by Rudy Rucker, and further VALIS explications by Tim Powers.

Package B ($10.00):

• Issue #5 contained two extensive interviews (Part One of a 1977 talk with PKD, and a 1984 talk with K.W. Jeter about his recollections of Phil), and a letter from Russell Galen (PKD's agent).
• Issue #6 contained Part Two of #5's PKD interview, pieces by Tessa Dick and Grania Davis, and letters from Ted White, Terry Carr, K.W. Jeter and others.
• Issue #7, "Warning:.We Are Your Police," was a Special Issue containing PKD's previously unpublished treatment for an episode of the popular TV program "The Invaders" (1967).
• Issue #8 has the missing pages of THE UNTELEPORTED MAN, coverage of the dramatic production of FLOW MY TEARS, and an interview with Tim Powers & Jim Blaylock.

The Tape ($10.00):

Issue #9/10, '90 Minutes with Philip K. Dick,' is a special double issue in audio cassette format, comprised of excerpts from a 1974 interview with PKD, and the author's own privately-recorded spoken notes for a novel in progress (also circa 1974).

Package C ($10.00):

• In Issue #11: an in-depth article on the ill-fated film adaptation of UBIK. Also: "PKD Made My Brother a Drug Addict" by Ferret, and a letter from PKD to his boss Herb Hollis (1949).
• In Issue #12: PKD's unpublished intro to FLOW MY TEARS, a 1981 excerpt from the Exegesis, and PKD's notes on the seance he attended with Bishop James Pike at which Pike contacted his dead son.
• In Issue #13: a long interview with PKD's last wife, Tessa, and their son Christopher; and PKD's unpublished prologue to EYE IN THE SKY, illustrated by Ferret.
• Special Issue #14 is a back-to-back pamphlet with two essays by PKD, "Naziism and the High Castle," and "Schizophrenia and the Book of Changes."

Package D ($10.00):

• In Issue #15: Press release on plans for the VALIS opera, PKD's 'flakiness' analysed by John Keel & PKD, "Phil's Cats" by Gregg Rickman, and Jonathan Lethem on the uncut ms of ZAP GUN.
• In Issue #16: PKD's original outline for THE ZAP GUN; Roger Zelazny's recollections of PKD at the Metz Festival in 1977 and of collaborating on DEUS IRAE.
• In Issue #17: 'The Nixon Crowd' by PKD (1973); letters to PKD from various editors re: his early mainstream novels; Keith Bowden reviews the Paris premiere of the VALIS opera.
• In Issue #18: PKD's 1968 suggestions re: how to film DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF
  ELECTRIC SHEEP?, and Paul Williams' introduction to a German anthology of stories about PKD.

Package E ($12.50):

• Issue #19: a pamphlet entitled 'Outline for OUR FRIENDS FROM FROLIX 8,' by PKD (1968).
• Issue #20: articles on Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (Dick's affliction?); unfinished fiction by PKD; letter from Linda Levy about THE DARK-HAIRED GIRL & her friendship with Dick.
• Issue #21: a 40-page pamphlet by Gregg Rickman comparing SOLAR LOTTERY and alternate version WORLD OF CHANCE, including 3000 words deleted from SOLAR LOTTERY by the publisher.
• Issue #22/23: Double helping of news, plus articles by PKD biographer Lawrence Sutin and PKD theatrical interpreter Dan Sutherland, and a 1968 essay by PKD ("Notes Made Late at Night by a Weary SF Writer")

Package F ($7.50):

• Issue #24: "The Soul of the Wub" and "Notes on an Information Virus" by PKD, articles by Tim Powers and Jonathan Lethem, and more editors' letters to PKD (1960).
• Issue #25: long essay by Paul Williams on PKD's use of the I Ching (with sample readings), 'California Time-Slip' by Steve Erickson, and John Shirley on Total Recall.
• Issue #26: "The Life of an S-F Writer" by PKD (1964), PKD's close friend Doris Sauter on RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH (the play), 'PKD and the Two Bookstores' by Ray Nelson.

Package G ($10.00):

• Issue #27: a facsimile edition (original manuscript with cuts indicated) of PKD's Metz speech, "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others" (1977).
• Issue #28: unpublished segment of FLOW MY TEARS and Gerard Klein's story of the discovery thereof, plus Ernesto Spinelli and pieces on Naked Lunch & the new Blade Runner.
• Issue #29: 3 essays by PKD, report on the French film of CONFESSIONS OF A CRAP ARTIST, 'What Did the Policeman Say?' by Brian Aldiss, and a guide to finding PKD books.
• Issue #30: PKD's 1962 autobiographical letter to Anthony Boucher, with comments by Anne Dick; detailed index to all the PKDS Newsletters.

FULL SET ($75.00):

all 30 of the newsletters described above, including the tape

ONLY APPARENTLY REAL ($15.00):

Paul Williams's book about PKD; includes long conversations with Dick. Paperback, 184 pages

How to order PKDS Issues or book.

Philip K. Dick, Christopher Dick, and Paul Williams
Fullerton, Oct. 1974

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