Ubik

A classic science fiction tale of artifical worlds by one of the great American writers of the 20th century Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone 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. If it hasn't already. Readers minds have been blown by Ubik : ' Sheer craziness , a book defying any straightforward synopsis . . . a unique time travel adventure that could only be concocted from the fertile psychedelic imagination of the incomparable PKD' Goodreads reviewer, 'This pre-cyberpunk gigglefest was an absolute joy to behold . . . I would bill it as a Truman Show-Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-Barbarella-type of sci-fi ' Goodreads reviewer, 'If you have not read PKD before I highly recommend Ubik as the gateway into his wonderfully weird fiction . I kind of envy you' Goodreads reviewer, 'UBIK is much stranger and more darkly humorous than Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep . . . although there are many humorous elements, overall the story is dark, philosophical, and just plain disorienting . I found the book impossible to put down' Goodreads reviewer, ' A darkly humorous blurring of lines between reality and illusion and a concomitant degree of paranoia' Goodreads reviewer, 'About eighty decades ahead of its time , only Ubik can help to process the overwhelmingness of the contemporary age. Chock full of post-death theology , psionics, proto-cyberpunk, and retro-retro-retro future nostalgia ' Goodreads reviewer, '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 had me grinning and shaking my head at the crazy logic of it all ' Goodreads reviewer,

Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone 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. If it hasn't already.

Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone 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. If it hasn't already.

A classic science fiction tale of artifical worlds by one of the great American writers of the 20th century Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone 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. If it hasn't already. Readers minds have been blown by Ubik : ' Sheer craziness , a book defying any straightforward synopsis . . . a unique time travel adventure that could only be concocted from the fertile psychedelic imagination of the incomparable PKD' Goodreads reviewer, 'This pre-cyberpunk gigglefest was an absolute joy to behold . . . I would bill it as a Truman Show-Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-Barbarella-type of sci-fi ' Goodreads reviewer, 'If you have not read PKD before I highly recommend Ubik as the gateway into his wonderfully weird fiction . I kind of envy you' Goodreads reviewer, 'UBIK is much stranger and more darkly humorous than Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep . . . although there are many humorous elements, overall the story is dark, philosophical, and just plain disorienting . I found the book impossible to put down' Goodreads reviewer, ' A darkly humorous blurring of lines between reality and illusion and a concomitant degree of paranoia' Goodreads reviewer, 'About eighty decades ahead of its time , only Ubik can help to process the overwhelmingness of the contemporary age. Chock full of post-death theology , psionics, proto-cyberpunk, and retro-retro-retro future nostalgia ' Goodreads reviewer, '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 had me grinning and shaking my head at the crazy logic of it all ' Goodreads reviewer,

”Ubik” er en kultklassiker inden for science fiction-litteraturen. I 2009 blev titlen udråbt af Time Magazine som en af de 100 bedste bøger, der er udkommet siden 1923.I en ikke så fjern fremtid har menneskene lært at bruge clairvoyance til industrispionage. Samtidig har man udviklet en teknologi, der kan få afdøde mennesker til at eksistere videre i en form for dvale, som de kan vækkes af, når behovet opstår. På den måde er den afdøde Ella Runciter med til at drive firmaet Runciter Associates sammen med sin mand, Glen. Firmaet modvirker de clairvoyantes spionage for dem, der ønsker at bevare deres hemmeligheder. Da firmaet bliver angrebet af en konkurrent, ender Glen selv i en semibevidst dvale, og langsomt begynder virkeligheden at tage en ny form for de overlevende i firmaet. Tiden lader til at gå baglæns, og de bevæger sig længere og længere tilbage mod en tid, hvor der var mangel på fødevarer, mens teknologien bliver stadig mere primitiv.”Ubik” udkom første gang i 1969. Handlingen foregår i 1992.Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) var en amerikansk science fiction-forfatter, hvis romaner har haft en enorm indflydelse på science fiction-genren både inden for film og litteratur. Han skrev omkring 120 noveller og over 40 romaner, hvoraf den nok mest kendte er ”Drømmer androider om elektriske får?”, som senere blev til filmen ”Blade Runner”.