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Ubik

By Philip K Dick
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Ubik is a mind-bending journey set in a future where reality and time are disturbingly fluid. The protagonist, Joe Chip, navigates a world where technology allows communication with the dead, and where mundane reality begins to unravel. As Joe and his colleagues find themselves gripped by mysterious forces, they must unravel the truth behind the enigmatic Ubik to survive a cascade of surreal events.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy mind-bending science fiction with elements of reality distortion. You'll appreciate the intriguing plot featuring a futuristic world where life and death are redefined, alongside Dick's signature exploration of consciousness and identity. This novel is sure to captivate with its surreal storytelling and thought-provoking themes.

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Ubik

A mind-bending, classic Philip K. Dick novel about the perception of reality. Named as one of Time's 100 best books.

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Named one of Time's 100 Best Books, Ubik is a mind-bending psychological thriller about the perception of reality from Philip K. Dick, the Hugo Award-winning author of The Man in the High Castle.

"From the stuff of space opera, Dick spins a deeply unsettling existential horror story, a nightmare you'll never be sure you've woken up from." — Lev Grossman, Time

In a dystopian future of psychic powers, Glen Runciter runs a lucrative business — deploying his teams of anti-psychics to corporate clients who want privacy and security from psychic spies. But when he and his top team are ambushed by a rival, he is gravely injured and placed in "half-life," a dreamlike state of suspended animation. Soon, though, the surviving members of the team begin experiencing some strange, reality-bending phenomena, such as Runciter's face appearing on coins and the world seeming to move backward in time. As their world deteriorates and technology gets ever more primitive, the group needs to find out what is causing the shifts and what a mysterious product called Ubik has to do with it all.

"More brilliant than similar experiments conducted by Pynchon or DeLillo." — Roberto Bolaño

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780547572291

Publisher: Mariner Books Classics

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 April 2012

Country: United States

Imprint: Mariner Books Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 201.0mm

Weight: 204g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Over a writing career that spanned three decades, PHILIP K. DICK (1928-1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralized power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned to deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film, notably, Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly. The recipient of critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout his career, Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005, and in 2007 the Library of America published a selection of his novels in three volumes. His work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

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