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Ubik
by Philip K. Dick
This just has to be one of PKD'S best works. I'm told it was in the time magazine's 100 best novels since the beginning of Time list. I would have agreed with placing Ubik on this list, even if I question the judgement of the selectors given they picked Lolita.
Most of the story is told from the point of Joe Chip's view.
There is an event fairly early in the book, after which the protagonist questions their own existence in a very rational way.
Ubik - what it is, what it does is mysterious all the way to the end. PKD cleverly evokes a theological parallel in the readers mind.
And the ending? Absolutely PKD!
Just when you are ready to believe everything has been explained well and neatly wrapped up - you find it isnt. The last paragraph leaves everything dangling and forces you to reconsider all that happened, and all the alternatives
Most of the story is told from the point of Joe Chip's view.
There is an event fairly early in the book, after which the protagonist questions their own existence in a very rational way.
Ubik - what it is, what it does is mysterious all the way to the end. PKD cleverly evokes a theological parallel in the readers mind.
And the ending? Absolutely PKD!
Just when you are ready to believe everything has been explained well and neatly wrapped up - you find it isnt. The last paragraph leaves everything dangling and forces you to reconsider all that happened, and all the alternatives