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Ubik

Pages
226
Published
1969
Language
English

Synopsis

Glen Runciter runs a business protecting clients from psychic spies. When an ambush leaves him in a state of suspended animation, his team faces increasingly bizarre and reality-bending events. They must figure out the cause of these shifts and the role of a mysterious product called Ubik before their world completely unravels.

About the author

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Philip K. Dick

Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist whose published work during his lifetime was almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments, and altered states. In his later works, Dick's thematic focus strongly reflected his personal interest in metaphysics and theology. He often drew upon his own life experiences and addressed t...

Characters

Joe ChipProtagonist

A debt-ridden technician at Runciter Associates who becomes the novel's centre of consciousness as reality begins to decay around him.

Glen RunciterSupporting

Owner of Runciter Associates, whose apparent death after the Luna sabotage sets the novel's central ambiguity in motion.

Pat ConleySupporting

A newly hired anti-precog whose talent works by altering the past rather than blocking a prediction.

Ella RunciterSupporting

Runciter's deceased wife, held in half-life cryonic suspension and consulted for guidance.

JorySupporting
All characters in Ubik
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