Editing Ubik (section)

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{{short description|1969 science-fiction novel by Philip K. Dick}}
{{about|the science fiction novel|other uses}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Ubik
| image = Ubik(1stEd).jpg
| caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover)
| author = [[Philip K. Dick]]
| country = United States
| genre = [[Science fiction]], [[paranoid fiction]], [[philosophical fiction]]
| publisher = [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]
| release_date = 1969
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages = 202
| isbn = 978-0-575-07921-2
| oclc= 67871286
}}

'''''Ubik''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|juː|b|ᵻ|k}} {{respell|YOO|bik}}) is a [[1969 in literature|1969]] [[science fiction]] novel by American writer [[Philip K. Dick]]. The story is set in a future 1992 where [[psychic]] powers are utilized in [[corporate espionage]], while [[Cryonics|cryonic]] technology allows recently deceased people to be maintained in a lengthy state of [[hibernation]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jordison |first1=Sam |title=Philip K Dick's Ubik: a masterpiece of malleability |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/mar/18/philip-k-dick-ubik-reading-group |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=March 18, 2014 |access-date=March 31, 2019}}</ref> It follows Joe Chip, a technician at a psychic agency who begins to experience strange alterations in [[reality]] that can be temporarily reversed by a mysterious store-bought substance called Ubik.<ref name="Ubik–All-Time 100 Novels">Grossman, Lev. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20051022172656/http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/0,24459,ubik,00.html Ubik–All-''Time'' 100 Novels]". ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. Retrieved on May 2, 2009.</ref> This work expands upon characters and concepts previously introduced in the vignette "[[What the Dead Men Say (novella)|What the Dead Men Say]]".

''Ubik'' is one of Dick's most acclaimed novels. In 2009, it was chosen by [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine as one of the 100 greatest novels since 1923. In his review for ''Time'', critic [[Lev Grossman]] described it as "a deeply unsettling existential horror story, a nightmare you'll never be sure you've woken up from".<ref name="Ubik–All-Time 100 Novels"/>