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Ubik

By: Philip K. Dick
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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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.
Fantasy Fiction Hard Science Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction

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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PKD wins again

I regressed, then came back and loved every second of it. absolutely a winner

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What a journey

One of the best Sci Fi books of all time. Absolutely brilliant and the narration was the best I've heard.

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What an amazing performance by Luke Daniels - such amazing work; I listen to it over and over again! To say nothing of PKD’s brilliant writing brought to life by Daniels.

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Excellent

Throughly enjoyed this book. One of my new favourites. The narrator done a wonderful job.

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One of the best books ever written!

I loved this book more than any book I have read. It's amazing, scary, very paranoid and soooooo much fun. I never understood why some people love the world of books like lord of the rings so much n want to keep going back. UBIK is like that for me. It's amazing.

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Fantastic. Classic PKD

Amazingly crafted story, brings all the pieces together... almost. The narration here is simply flawless. Second time listening through and it only gets better.

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Great! “Get Ubik today! Read only as directed. “

What a great read! I often listen while driving.
Couldn’t wait to listen! I looked forward to driving!
Can’t wait to finish reading some more PKD books soon.
Can’t recommend it enough, for those who like their sci-fi on the physiological side.
Don’t hesitate. Get it!

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Great narration of one of the best P.K Dick books

I hope this narrator continues to work on P.K. Dick books so that I can collect my favorite 5 and then listen to them in a yearly cycle

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strange

enjoyable, the narrator did a great job. this isn't the kind of book I usually go for, prefering more modern SciFi when I do read in the genre but it has a charm to do t I really appreciate.

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A Sci-Fi Agatha Christie story

Took me a little bit to get into but paid off. It felt early in like there was big back story I was meant to know but didn’t, but it all came together. The performance was one of the best audiobook performances I’ve heard. Great characters.

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