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Ubik

By: Philip K. Dick
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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Summary

A mind-bending, classic Philip K. Dick novel about the perception of reality.

Named as one of Time's 100 best books.

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 phenomena, such as Runciter's face appearing on coins and the world seeming to move backward in time. As consumables deteriorate 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.

©1969 Philip K. Dick (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

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

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Very enjoyable

I cant call this a furious page turner (or ear flapper as it was audiobook?) but it was a good read. As with most pkd it didnt seem groundbreaking (anymore) but not without any weight or relevance, like all great sci-fi seems to transcend generations long after publish.

Some seem to see greater meanings or questions in this story and I can understand that if your looking for it but for me it was simply a very enjoyable story of easy digestion that passed from start to finish in just the right length to feel complete.

A welcome rest from aliens, spaceships, time travel, vampires, werewolves and magicians.

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Phantasmagoric

Looking for some 10/10 sci-fi? Trying to fill the formless void in your soul? Wondering when the last time you were ever truly happy was? Read Ubik by Phillip K Dick

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Keeps you guessing

Good story. Quite trippy and keeps you guessing. In fact, it gets better as it goes on. Good voices by the narrator!

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a wild imaginative ride!

constantly keeps you guessing, a crazy amazing story! brilliantly narrated and a seminal piece of sci-fi!

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The original Inception

The story is very recognisable as older science fiction in its style but that doesn't take away from it at all. The story is very clever initially slow to build but then it hooks you.

I hope they don't ever make a film of this it would ruin a great book.

The narrator was good however I found some of the voices grating and irritating.

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Great pleasure to listen to.

Very strong story, kept me gripped till end. Well designed world, complex and consistent, filled with interesting characters . All this wrapped up in masterpiece of narration. Loved it. Will look for other books by Dick and Daniels.

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Ubik.

narrated well, and really enjoyable !
safe when listened to as directed...

my first PKD story has left me wanting to read and listen to more - I loved how characters are puzzling away just like I was, in the ending I was a bit underwhelmed how things where left with our protagonist but its kind of the point ...it's not written badly at all, I just would liked it to have gone a little different.

Anyway - easy to follow, well detailed, amusing, great ideas, id read/listen again .

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confusing to follow

Bit confusing to follow at the start, but finished better than it started. An ok storyline but think it could have elaborated a little.

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Finished in two days

Vividly engrossing and sometimes disturbing. Excellent narrator with an impressive array of accents and timbres.

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I have discovered a gem unknown to me.

Great story in true Philip K Dick form. I have enjoyed it immensely. Reminds me of Inception movie, although it is much younger. I have seen it before I listened to the Ubick. Shame on me.

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