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The concept behind Ubik is as brilliant as any of Philip K. Dick's ideas.
Glen Runciter is dead, or maybe he's not. All the people who work for him in his anti-paranormal "Prudence Organization" are dead, or maybe they're not. But even if they're dead (having been attacked by the big Kahuna of paranormal activity), they're being kept in half-life at a Swiss cryogenic facility where they may now be under attack from a soul predator who sucks the vitality out of their half-life, devouring them to ...more
Glen Runciter is dead, or maybe he's not. All the people who work for him in his anti-paranormal "Prudence Organization" are dead, or maybe they're not. But even if they're dead (having been attacked by the big Kahuna of paranormal activity), they're being kept in half-life at a Swiss cryogenic facility where they may now be under attack from a soul predator who sucks the vitality out of their half-life, devouring them to ...more
Classic PKD in a story that twists and turns and that undermines the reader's sense of reality. Darkly humourous too.
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PKD's slim novel reads as a whole lot longer than it actually is. it's a twisty little thought experiment that would be a whole lot more engrossing if there was a character you could get hooked into. we have a blustery old boss, a femme fatale, an everyman down on his luck, and a whole bunch of cannon fodder with names but without character: basically, everyone in this book is from central stock casting. YMMV, of course, based on whether puzzling out what's going on is intriguing enough to make
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Dec 10, 2010
Julie S.
marked it as to-read
I feel like I should read this soon.
Mar 09, 2010
Eric
marked it as to-read
May 31, 2012
mark monday
marked it as on-the-shelf
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Apr 14, 2023
Isabelle
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