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Title: Ubik
Author: Philip K. Dick
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City New York
Published: 1969
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 202
Catalogs: Science Fiction, Literature, Fiction
Description: First Book Club Edition. Gray textured boards with pink text on spine. Dustjacket in good to very good condition, with some dirt and scuffing, and very slight crushing to spine ends. Illustrated on both front and rear covers. Minor spotting on a few pages, otherwise pages are unmarked. Ubik is a 1969 science fiction novel, set in a future 1992 where psychic powers are utilized in corporate espionage, while cryonic technology allows recently deceased people to be maintained in a lengthy state of hibernation. It follows Joe Chip, a technician at a psychic agency who begins to experience strange alterations in reality that can be temporarily reversed by a mysterious store-bought substance called Ubik. This work expands upon characters and concepts previously introduced in the vignette "What the Dead Men Say." Ubik is one of Philip K. Dick's (1928-1982) most acclaimed novels. In 2009, it was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 greatest novels since 1923. Hardcover, very good condition. 202 pages, octavo.
Author: Philip K. Dick
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City New York
Published: 1969
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 202
Catalogs: Science Fiction, Literature, Fiction
Description: First Book Club Edition. Gray textured boards with pink text on spine. Dustjacket in good to very good condition, with some dirt and scuffing, and very slight crushing to spine ends. Illustrated on both front and rear covers. Minor spotting on a few pages, otherwise pages are unmarked. Ubik is a 1969 science fiction novel, set in a future 1992 where psychic powers are utilized in corporate espionage, while cryonic technology allows recently deceased people to be maintained in a lengthy state of hibernation. It follows Joe Chip, a technician at a psychic agency who begins to experience strange alterations in reality that can be temporarily reversed by a mysterious store-bought substance called Ubik. This work expands upon characters and concepts previously introduced in the vignette "What the Dead Men Say." Ubik is one of Philip K. Dick's (1928-1982) most acclaimed novels. In 2009, it was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 greatest novels since 1923. Hardcover, very good condition. 202 pages, octavo.
