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Ubik: Culture, Literary Connections, Technology & Measurement

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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Ubik topic overview

The analysis highlights Culture, Literary Connections, Technology and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Ubik.

Related topics
41
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
44
Extracted relationships
77
Concept neighborhoods
13
Bridge connections
44

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 22 topics
Adaptations and cultural influences · 18 topics
Plot · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

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

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Adaptations and cultural influences

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Ubik connects Entity context

The extracted context around Ubik shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, 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 Another extracted example is Ubik → Art Zoyd, Balance, Bill Horist, Bungle, Faith No More, In, Ishraqiyun, It, Mr, Secret Chiefs, The, The Electromagnetic Azoth, Timo Maas, Trey Spruance. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Ubik

Top relations

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

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

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Ubik relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 77 structured relationships around Ubik. Examples in this analysis include Ubik → Author → Philip K. Dick and Ubik → Genre → Science fiction, paranoid fiction, philosophical fiction. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Ubik bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Dick's, Dick and Chip. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Ubik
    • Dick's
    • Dick
    • Chip
    • Fitting
    • Screenplay
    • Film
    • Philip
    • Adaptation
    • Chapter
    • Fiction
    • Also
    • Pp
  • ubik
    • Dick's
    • Dick
    • Chip
    • Fitting
    • Screenplay
    • Film
    • Philip
    • Adaptation
    • Chapter
    • Fiction
    • Also
    • Pp
  • philip k. dick's ubik
    • Film
    • Dick's
    • Ubik
    • Screenplay
    • Science
    • Reality
    • Adaptation
    • Fitting
    • Game
    • Also
    • Novel
    • Dick
  • philip k. dick
    • Science
    • Screenplay
    • Film
    • Reality
    • Fiction
    • Powers
    • Ubik
    • Dick
    • Philip
    • Audiobook
    • Novels
    • Dick's
  • film adaptation
    • Adaptation
    • Film
    • Screenplay
    • Make
    • Dick
    • Dick's
    • Working
    • Novel
    • Ubik
    • Audiobook
    • Find
    • Fitting
  • tim powers
    • Psychic
    • Science
    • Set
    • Dick
    • Ability
    • Find
    • Fitting
    • Inertials
    • Working
    • Joe
    • Screenplay
    • Film
  • science fiction
    • Fiction
    • Science
    • Powers
    • Philip
    • Dick
    • Find
    • Fitting
    • Psychic
    • Novel
    • Reality
    • Screenplay
    • Film
  • isa dick hackett
    • Screenplay
    • Film
    • Fiction
    • Powers
    • Science
    • Ubik
    • Philip
    • Dick's
    • Adaptation
    • Find
    • Fitting
    • Psychic

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Ubik, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Ubik with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
UbikOverview · splits 22 ⟂ 23
UbikAdaptations and cultural influences · splits 26 ⟂ 19

Map overview Semantic statistics

Ubik

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

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Ubik to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Culture, Literary Connections, Technology & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Ubik · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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