3 Quotes About Ubik

Ubik is a novel by Philip K. Dick, written in 1962. The title takes its name from the Greek word for "to know." (This is also the title of Dick's second book, which was published after Ubik.) The book has been described as "Dick's finest achievement." It is set in the future, on an imaginary planet called Earth. The central character, Larry McCaslin, is a Los Angeles architect who discovers that his life has been videotaped by an alien civilization Read more

He has to learn to accept his role as part of an alien plan for Earth, and to keep its secrets hidden from the public.

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A brand-new tape recorder, completely worn out. Bought with funny money that the store is willing to accept. Worthless money, worthless article purchased; it has a sort of logic to it. Philip K Dick
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He could see the tall, peeling yellow building at the periphery of his range of vision. But something about it struck him as strange. A shimmer, an unsteadiness, as if the building faded forward into stability and then retreated into insubstantial uncertainty. An oscillation, each phase lasting a few seconds and then blurring off into its opposite, a fairly regular variability as if an organic pulsation underlay the structure. As if, he thought, it's alive. Philip K. Dick