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Ubik

By: Philip K. Dick
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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Named one of Time's 100 Best Books, Ubik is a mind-bending, classic novel about the perception of reality from Philip K. Dick, the Hugo Award-winning author of The Man in the High Castle.

“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

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.

“More brilliant than similar experiments conducted by Pynchon or DeLillo.”—Roberto Bolaño

©1964 Philip K. Dick (P)2025 Recorded Books Genre Fiction Hard Science Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction
Philosophical Essence • Believable Plots • Amazing Voice Actor • Interesting Twist • Excellent Storytelling

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I thought this book was very interesting. Fast paced and very unique. The characters were great and the storytelling was excellent.

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I have always been a great fan of novels that jump into the story. as you listen you just learn the setting. by then end you have a full understanding of the world setting and the players within. but the end of this novel crept up on me. superb!

dysphoria at this finest!

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The character descriptions and different voices for each character were magnificent. Thank you Eduardo Ballerini

The sci-fi futuristic world and technology. The imagined ways humans would adapt to the future.

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I really enjoyed this book!! The voice actor was really good !! It was very trippy and an obvious analogy for drug addiction. 10/10

Loved this, great voice actor!!!

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This is a fine book and a fine reading performance. I don't know why they felt the need to make new recordings of PKD's books. Regardless, this is a fine readers's performance.

A fine book and a fine reading performance

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