The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick, 1975-1976 continues the Underwood-Miller correspondence series, edited by Don Herron with an introduction by Tim Powers. Published in 1992 in trade and slipcased editions, the volume covers Dick's post-2-3-74 years.
Tim Powers, a close personal friend of Dick's during this period and himself a noted fantasy author, provides the introduction from firsthand knowledge. The frontispiece photograph is by Nicole Panter (1980). The publisher's note includes a significant caveat that the letters "cannot be considered reliable sources of information about any other persons," reflecting Dick's tendency toward paranoid speculation in correspondence.
The 1975-1976 period was one of intense creative and intellectual activity for Dick, as he worked simultaneously on the Exegesis and the novels that would become VALIS, The Divine Invasion, and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer. These letters provide essential context for understanding the development of his late metaphysical fiction.