Library Addition: Tessa B. Dick’s Philip K. Dick: Remembering Firebright

I was able to drop in on a Half Price Books just before my coupons expired and managed to find a few things.

(Dick, Philip K.) Tessa B. Dick. Philip K. Dick: Remembering Firebright. Apparently self-published, 2019. Copyright page states “Third edition – More new material added,” a Fine copy. Biography of Philip K. Dick by his fifth wife. Date is from printing code at back: “16 September 2019.” As a POD trade paperback, it is unclear whether this is the first printing date for this Third Edition or not. Blurb page states that “For the first time, his widow Tessa B. Dick tells all!” which is not technically accurate, as they divorced in 1977. Adding new material to each edition seems a canny way to get people who bought the previous edition(s) to buy this one. Bought at Half Price Books for $4.94 after coupon.

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He also edits the Hugo-nominated SF critical magazine Nova Express, and runs the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. His non-fiction has appeared in National Review, Reason, Whole Earth Review, The Freeman, The World & I, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Slashdot.org. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis. He also makes a mean batch of salsa.
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