Ubik
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (626 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01EVQSYWY |
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| Number of Pages | : | 166 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Kafka meets the Twilight Zone in the Matrix" according to DaveL. I'd always heard Phillip K. Dick mentioned in the pantheon of sci-fi writers like Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke and Le Guin. But even though these authors are some of my favorites, I'd never read anything by Mr. Dick. So I decided it was time. When I resea. Solid classic science fiction premise: flat characters that one could care less about. I am finding in a lot of my recent reviews that my main gripe has to do with not caring about the characters. Sadly that trend continues with the science fiction novel "Ubik". I bought it upon a multitude of positive recommendations and reviews, most . John H. Walker said Loses something in revision. Aa a near-charter member of PKD's "cult following," I never thought I'd give UBIK, which I always considered one of his late masterpieces, anything less that 5 stars. The problem is that the original version, which I read soon after it came out in 196
A mind-bending, classic Philip K. 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.. 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 susp