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192 Barely dial the last number, talk with counselor, method acting: Arthur Byron Cover, interviewer, "Vertex Interviews Philip K. Dick," Vertex, February 1974, p. 97.

192-193 More somber account, moving experience, self-destructive drive: Letter, PKD to Ray, March 30, 1972.

193-194 Problem here: Letter, PKD to Sue, April 5, 1972.

194-195 Rootless and scared: Tim Powers, "Some Random Notes on Valis and Philip K. Dick's Mystical Experiences," PKDS Newsletter #4, September 1984.

195 Lost-puppy quality: Author's interview with Merry Lou Malone, March 1986.

195 Basically happy: Author's interview with Mary Wilson, March 1986. Addicted to flattery: Author's interview with Linda Levy/Taylor, March 1986.

196 Books become more weird: PKD, The Dark-Haired Girl, pp. 60-61.

196-197 Courtship, breakup, and aftermath: Author's interview with Linda Levy/ Taylor, March 1986.

197 Seemed more withdrawn: Letter, Tessa Dick to author, July 21, 1986.

197-198 Light shone, entertaining, quarrel at Disneyland: Ibid.

198 Phil's joy: PKD, The Dark-Haired Girl, pp. 80-81.

198 Roller coaster: Letter, Tessa Dick to author, June 20, 1986. Went bonkers: Interview of Tessa Dick by J. B. Reynolds in PKD Newsletter # 13, February 1987. Mood swings, slept little: Letter, Tessa Dick to author, June 20, 1986.

198-199 When he could not convince by argument: Letter, Tessa Dick to author, July 21, 1986.

199 Violence: Linda Levy/Taylor, "A Letter to the Editor," in PKDS Newsletter #20, April 1989.

200 Nothing more reassuring: Letter, PKD to Roger Zelazny, December 1, 1972.

200 Trash elements: Letter, PKD to Stanislaw Lem, September 4, 1973.

200 Invent her: Letter, PKD to Thomas Disch, November 26, 1972.

201 Visit by Death: Letter, PKD to Patrice Duvic, February 14, 1973.

201-202 Children playing, diagnoses: PKD concluding "Author's Note" to novel A Scanner Darkly (1977).

202 SF gutterized: Author's interview with Lawrence Ashmead, June 1986. Scramble suit: C. 2 of Scanner.

202-203 During each marriage: Letter, PKD to Marcel Thaon, September 5, 1973.

203 One hemisphere of your brain: C. 13 of Scanner.

204 Assistance in war against drugs: Letter, PKD to Department of Justice, February 17, 1973 (dedication of the novel to Attorney General Richard Kleindienst was suggested by PKD in a subsequent letter to the Department of Justice, April 21, 1973).

204-205 Huge block of hash: C. 12 of Scanner.

205 Transmute those terrible days: Exegesis 050 (1977).

205 Hypertension: Letter, PKD to Nancy and Isa, April 8, 1973.

206 Why she married PKD, model father: Letter, Tessa Dick to author, July 21, 1986.

206 Postpartum. Letter, PKD to Dorothy Hudner: September 7, 1973.

207 Tendency to look down: Letter, PKD to Dorothy Hudner, September 10, 1973. Authentic reality: Letter, PKD to Marcel Thaon, September 5, 1973.

Chapter 10: Annus Mirabilis

PKD works: Exegesis 004 (1974-75), 005 (1975-76), 009 (1978), 015 (1978), 018 (1978), 040 (1979), 041 (1979). 044 (1979); A Scanner Darkly (1977); Valis (1981); The Divine Invasion (1981); Radio Free Albemuth (1985).

PKD letters. Be aware that many letters written by PKD in 1974-76 were apparently included by him in the growing mass of Exegesis papers. I have, in the end notes for this chapter, noted all cases where copies of quoted letters are presently included in the Exegesis folders of the PKD Estate Archives. As so much of PKD's correspondence for 1974 provided useful information for this chapter, I shall not list unquoted source letters individually

Books and articles: D. S. Black, "Puttering About the Silver Screen," in PKDS Newsletter #11, May 1986.

209 Programmed to die: Exegesis 015 (1978). Civil disobedience: Letter, PKD to Dorothy Hudner, September 12, 1976, now part of Exegesis 005 (1975-76).

210 A mercy to him: Exegesis 018 (1978).

210 Prescription delivery and golden fish: Letter, PKD to Ursula Le Guin, September 23, 1974, now part of Exegesis 004 (1974-75).

210 Causes you to remember: Exegesis 083 (1980).

211 Combination of pentothal and golden fish: Exegesis 088 (1980). Remembered world of Acts: Exegesis 021 (1978).

211-212 Little boy and beggar: "Prologue" to PKD novel Radio Free Albemuth (w. 1976, p. 1985).

212 Flying-monster dreams: Exegesis 005 (1975-76).

212 Reptile hissing: Tessa Dick, excerpt from "The Search for Valis," in PKDS Newsletter #6, April 1985.

212 Experimenting, both hemispheres came on: Exegesis 004 (1974-75).

213-214 Mid-March visions: Letter, PKD to Louise Zimmerman, July 25, 1974, now in Exegesis 004 (1974-75).

214 First stage: Letter, PKD to Dorothy Hudner, September 15, 1976, now in Exegesis 005 (1975-76).

214-215 Three days in March: Single-page typed statement by PKD, dated March 21, 1975, in PKD Estate Archives.

215 Xerox missive: C. 7 of PKD novel Valis (1981).

215-216 Description of Xerox missive: Letter, Tessa Dick to author, July 21, 1986.

216 Believed him: Ibid. Good test score: Exegesis 018 (1978). I am a machine: Exegesis 088 (1980).

217 Interest in writing: Letter, William Sullivan, Director of FBI, to PKD, March 28, 1974.

217 Cooperated with oppressors: Exegesis 041 (1979). Excuse me: Exegesis 042 (1979).

218 Nick the prick: C. 14 of Radio Free Albemuth (1985). Both heard the music: Interview of Tessa Dick by J. B. Reynolds in PKD Newsletter # 13, February 1987.

218-219 Hot dog Eucharist: C. 12 of Valis (1981).

219 Experiences while asleep: Letter, PKD to Louise Zimmerman, July 25, 1974.

219 Information about the future: Letter, PKD to Peter Fitting, June 1974 (no specific date given), now in Exegesis 004 (1974-75).

219-220 Language fragments: Ibid.

220 Singed pages, forced to read, religious fanatics, hypnagogic voices: Exegesis 004 (1974-75) and 005 (1975-76). Three-eyed beings: C. 7 of Valis (1981).