Marsamerica

I’m reading THE MAN WHOSE TEETH WERE 

ALL EXACTLY ALIKE, one of Philip K. Dick’s 

non-science fiction books that he had trouble getting 

published during his lifetime. I find these so-called 

mainstream books of his very interesting, especially 

CONFESSIONS OF A CRAP ARTIST, which 

I’ll have to reread next. Accounts of America that 

make it seem like some Martian colony…Even 

though it’s set in West Marin County, California 

(as described by his wife in her book, THE 

SEARCH FOR PHILIP K. DICK) it’s not a 

far jump to THE CLANS OF THE ALPHANE 

MOON or MARTIAN TIMESLIP. Philip’s wife 

Anne details his writing of this book, how he 

mirrored their life in his fiction. It’s good inspiration. 

I’m having similar fun with the novel I’m writing 

now, turning autobiography into science fiction.