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Ubik

Ubik (/ˈjuːbɪk/ YOO-bik) is a 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 cryonic technology allows recently deceased people to be maintained in a lengthy state of hibernation. It follows Joe Chip, a technician at a psychic agency who…

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Author
Philip K. Dick
Genre
Science fiction, paranoid fiction, philosophical fiction
Publication date
1969
Publisher
Doubleday
Media type
Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages
202

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Ubik

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples77
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

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Ubik

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related to Further reading · 36
Ubik → Baltimore, Bourgeois SF Archived, Braver, Carlo, Coin-Operated Doors, Cy Chauvin, Deconstruction, Dick, Dick's Ubik, Extrapolation, Fanucci, Firenze, Gnostic Reading, God, Italian, Le Monnier, Lee, Lem, Multitude, Pagetti
related to Music · 14
Ubik → Art Zoyd, Balance, Bill Horist, Bungle, Faith No More, In, Ishraqiyun, It, Mr, Secret Chiefs, The, The Electromagnetic Azoth, Timo Maas, Trey Spruance
related to Video game · 9
Ubik → Cryo Interactive Entertainment, Dick's Ubik, Hollis Corporation, In, Joe Chip, Microsoft Windows, Philip, PlayStation, The
related to Audiobook · 8
Ubik → An, Another, Anthony Heald, Blackstone Audio, Brilliance Audio, CDs, Luke Daniels, The
Author · 1
Ubik → Philip K. Dick
Genre · 1
Ubik → Science fiction, paranoid fiction, philosophical fiction
ISBN · 1
Ubik → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…
Media type · 1
Ubik → Print (hardback & paperback)
OCLC · 1
Ubik → 67871286
Pages · 1
Ubik → 202

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
UbikAuthorPhilip K. Dick1.00infobox
UbikGenreScience fiction, paranoid fiction, philosophical fiction1.00infobox
UbikISBN.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
UbikMedia typePrint (hardback & paperback)1.00infobox
UbikOCLC678712861.00infobox
UbikPages2021.00infobox
UbikPublication date19691.00infobox
UbikPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
UbikPublisherDoubleday1.00infobox
Ubikrelated to AudiobookAn0.60section
Ubikrelated to AudiobookBlackstone Audio0.60section
Ubikrelated to AudiobookThe0.60section

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