{"product_id":"ubik-1","title":"Ubik","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA classic science fiction tale of artifical worlds by one of the great American writers of the 20th century\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGlen Runciter is dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr is he?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSomeone died in the explosion orchestrated by his business rivals, but even as his funeral is scheduled, his mourning employees are receiving bewildering messages from their boss. And the world around them is warping and regressing in ways which suggest that their own time is running out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf it hasn''t already.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders minds have been blown by \u003ci\u003eUbik\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eSheer craziness\u003c\/b\u003e, a book defying any straightforward synopsis . . . \u003cb\u003ea unique time travel adventure\u003c\/b\u003e that could only be concocted from the fertile psychedelic imagination of the incomparable PKD'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This \u003cb\u003epre-cyberpunk gigglefest was an absolute joy\u003c\/b\u003e to behold . . . I would bill it as a \u003cb\u003eTruman Show-Hitchhiker''s Guide to the Galaxy-Barbarella-type of sci-fi\u003c\/b\u003e'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''If you have not read PKD before I highly recommend Ubik as \u003cb\u003ethe gateway into his wonderfully weird fiction\u003c\/b\u003e. I kind of envy you'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''UBIK is much stranger and \u003cb\u003emore darkly humorous than Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep\u003c\/b\u003e . . . although there are many humorous elements, \u003cb\u003eoverall the story is dark, philosophical, and just plain disorienting\u003c\/b\u003e. I found the book impossible to put down'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eA darkly humorous blurring of lines between reality and illusion\u003c\/b\u003e and a concomitant degree of paranoia'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''About eighty decades \u003cb\u003eahead of its time\u003c\/b\u003e, only Ubik can help to process the overwhelmingness of the contemporary age. \u003cb\u003eChock full of post-death theology\u003c\/b\u003e, psionics, proto-cyberpunk, \u003cb\u003eand retro-retro-retro future nostalgia\u003c\/b\u003e'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''We spend a great deal of it unsure of what is real and what isn''t and some of the ideas Dick manages to throw in as the story progresses \u003cb\u003ehad me grinning and shaking my head at the crazy logic of it all\u003c\/b\u003e'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317177655678,"sku":"NW9781857988536","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781857988536.jpg?v=1778636884","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/ubik-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}