UBIK Philip K. Dick Book Club Edition Doubleday HC/DJ 1969
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- Combined shipping available upon request – please ask before placing bids/purchasing - Free shipping for all items with a price above $40 - Due to the limit on photos, requests for specific details are more than welcome - Any questions regarding the condition/description of flaws are also more than welcome- All books that have a dustjacket are placed in a new mylar wrap free of charge ..DETAILS Good condition. Published by Doubleday & Company in 1969. BOOK CLUB EDITION Hardcover wi...th dustjacket. Jacket has rubbing wear along the edges in addition to significant discoloration/staining along the entirety (see photos for reference). Cover is clean but there is moderate bumping on the corners. No internal markings. Spine loose, binding remains tight. Gutter code: 28K...DESCRIPTION Philip K Dick was an American writer known for his work in science fiction. His works were the primary source of inspiration for cult classic films such as Blade Runner and Total Recall. “Ubik, ” another of his scifi works, published in 1969, is a story set in a future 1992 where psychic powers are utilized in corporate espionage, while cryogenic 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, after an assassination attempt, begins to experience strange alterations in reality that can be temporarily reversed by a mysterious store-bought substance called Ubik.
