Ubik (MMP)
Dick, Philip K. Bantam Books, 1977. Softbound. 'Ubik is a metaphor for God . . .' observed Dick's former wife Tessa. 'The spray can is only a form that Ubik takes to make it easy for people to understand it and use it.' Each chapter heading is preceded by an ad for this transcendent product, one of many formal innovations Dick employs in the novel, which he also adapted to an unproduced screenplay in which, according to Tim Powers, 'the film itself appear[s] to undergo a series of reversions: to black-and-white, then to the awkward jerkiness of very early movies, then to a crookedly jammed frame which proceeds to blacken, bubble and melt away.'
Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some light to moderate edge-wear, but no other notable wear. 212 pp. Featured Rare & Collectible.
