{"product_id":"a-life-of-philip-k-dick-the-man-who-remembered-the-future-paperback","title":"A Life of Philip K. Dick: The Man Who Remembered the Future - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Peake\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony Peake is a graduate of the University of Warwick and a postgraduate of the London School of Economics. His paradigm-changing concept 'Cheating the Ferryman' was first presented in an academic paper published in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Near-Death Studies \u003c\/i\u003ein 2004. This was then published by Arcturus as \u003ci\u003eIs There Life After Death? \u003c\/i\u003ePeake is now considered one of the world's most original thinkers in the study of altered states of consciousness. His other publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Daemon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Labyrinth of Time \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOpening the Doors of Perception\u003c\/i\u003e. Anthony has been in demand as a public speaker across the UK and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 262\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770126237984,"sku":"9781788284585","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/577cfac4a996e7764ac703b29d503e58.webp?v=1780365015","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-life-of-philip-k-dick-the-man-who-remembered-the-future-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}