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Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick

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Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick is a biography by Paul Williams published by Arbor House in 1986.

Plot summary

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Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick is a biography of Philip K. Dick by Williams, who interviewed Dick in the 1970s for Rolling Stone.[1]

Reception

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J. Michael Caparula reviewed Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick in Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer No. 81.[1] Caparula commented that "This is a penetrating portrait of one of the greatest and most influential SF writer of the past thirty years."[1]

Publishers Weekly stated: "The author has done a good job making this complex and unusual man understandable and sympathetic."[2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Caparula, J. Michael (1987). "Space/Fantasy Reader". Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer (81). Diverse Talents, Incorporated: 46.
  2. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Only Apparently Real by Paul Williams, Author Arbor House Publishing $7.95 (184p) ISBN 978-0-87795-800-0". Publishersweekly.com. 1986-05-01. Retrieved 2019-10-17.