Pink Beam: A Philip K. Dick Companion

Overview:

• Title: Pink Beam: A Philip K. Dick Companion
• Author: Lord RC
• Year: 2007
• ISBN-10: 9781430324379
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Price: £19.83
• Pages: 322
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Type: Non-fiction
• Title Reference: Pink Beam: A Philip K. Dick Companion
• Notes:
  Dated 1st printing of the 2007 edition. Title page:
  • "Pink Beam: [over] A Philip K. Dick [over] Companion [over] by [over] Lord RC" (and otherwise blank)
  Copyright page:
  • "© 2006 Dave Hyde, Ganymedean Slime Mold Pubs [over] P.O. Box 293 [over] Ward [over] CO 80481 USA"
  • "ISBN 978-1-4303-2437-9"
  • "First Edition"
  Back cover:
  • No pricing anywhere in the book ("90000" in EAN-13 price zone).
  • "Cover art & design by Mark Ivins [over] markivins.com"
  • "ID: 549268 [over] www.lulu.com"
  Full date from Amazon and Goodreads, as of 2020-05-02. Page 3: Acknowledgments and dedication is signed "-- Lord RC 2006" Page 5: Introduction is unsigned. Page 75 titling "To Jones The Future Was An Open Book!" presumed to be a quotation, but not found as at 2020-05-02. Page 78 titling "Something had upset the natural laws of the universe" presumed to be a quotation, but not found as at 2020-05-02. Page 82 titling "In his mind he chronicled all the lights he could think of." is a quotation from PKD's Time Out of Joint, chapter 2. Page 89 titling "You have a massive suspension of belief on my part." is quoting PKD in an interview with Charles Platt here. Appendix 1 (spelled there with only one 'p'); alongside the title is stated: "By Lord RC, Dec 2003. This essay first appeared in PKD Otaku, 2003." This is incorrect - it was first published in PKD Otaku, #12 February 2004 - download here Appendix 2 is signed on page 271: "-- Dave Hyde Jan 1994. {This article appeared in Slipstream in 1994}". Fanzine here. Page 272: A Philip K. Dick Chronology; in paragraph three is stated "[...] I'm proud to present the New Standard PKD Chronology -- Lord RC, Dec 2003." (possible first published location/date is needed) Afterword ends on page 321 and is signed "Dave Hyde (Lord RC) December 2006." Last numbered page is 322 but with no content except for a single, page-wide line. The last page in the book is unnumbered page 324. Last page of 1st PV's copy shows bar code "27343902R00183" and "Printed in Great Britain [over] by Amazon" Printed on demand (POD). PV1 copy price was £19.83 on 2019-08-22. Size: 21.5 x 29 cms (w x h) Gloss cover.
  
  ToC errata. Following is pagination given in the ToC (story title variations omitted):
  • 4 * Introduction
  • 7 * Early Work
  • 92 * 1960
  • 136 * 1964
  • 154 * 1965
  • 160 * 1966
  • 170 * 1967
  • 188 * 1969
  • 189 * 1970
  • 201 * 1971
  • 202 * 1972
  • 204 * 1973