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Random House, Inc.
Philip K. Dick's searing metaphysical comedy of death and salvation is a tour de force of panoramic menace and unfettered slapstick, in which the departed give business advice, shop for their next incarnation, and run the continual risk of dying yet again.
Baker … More »
Philip K. Dick's searing metaphysical comedy of death and salvation is a tour de force of panoramic menace and unfettered slapstick, in which the departed give business advice, shop for their next incarnation, and run the continual risk of dying yet again.
Baker … More »
Random House, Inc.
Philip K. Dick's searing metaphysical comedy of death and salvation is a tour de force of panoramic menace and unfettered slapstick, in which the departed give business advice, shop for their next incarnation, and run the continual risk of dying yet again.
Baker & Taylor
A dead man sends haunting warnings back from the grave, and Joe Chip must solve these mysteries to determine his own real or surreal existence
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Philip K. Dick's searing metaphysical comedy of death and salvation is a tour de force of panoramic menace and unfettered slapstick, in which the departed give business advice, shop for their next incarnation, and run the continual risk of dying yet again.
Baker & Taylor
A dead man sends haunting warnings back from the grave, and Joe Chip must solve these mysteries to determine his own real or surreal existence
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Authors:
Dick, Philip K.
Statement of Responsibility:
Philip K. Dick
Title:
Ubik
Publisher:
New York :, Vintage Books,, 1991
Edition:
1st Vintage Books ed
Characteristics:
216 p. ;,21 cm.
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Add a CommentOne of Dick's great themes, and his final one, is not just what is real, but what is reality and necessarily what that means to human being (including dying). Dick is more asking himself questions in Ubik than providing answers, as such answers can not be given very well in an arbitrarily made up science fiction context, and this novel firmly takes place in just such a made up, and brilliantly made up, world. Dick is on to hyperreality and the idea that you can't get out of it, even if you figure it out, it is just another in a set of Chinese boxes and all you can do is start trying to figure out the next one (and knowing that doesn't help either if you want to live a life.). Ubik is one of Dick's many best works.