Ubik (1969)

Ubik, written in 1966 and published in 1969, is one of Philip K. Dick's masterpieces (The Three Stigmata of Plamer Eldritch is another one). Ubik is the first novel to introduce spiritual elements that will culminate in his last novels VALIS, the Divine Invasion and the Transmigration of Timothy Archer. According to movie industry rumor Ubik could be the next big PKD movie project. Philip K. Dick himself wrote a screenplay for Ubik in 1974 but it was never made into a movie. PKD was hoping that it would by sending "the novel to the agent of Victoria Principal- whom he revered - in hope that she'd wind up reading it."(Tim Powers in the introduction to Ubik: The Screenplay). Ubik was expanded and adapted from the short story "What the Dead Men Say" published in Worlds of Tomorrow in 1964.

Ubik is one of the most published books of Philip K Dick in the world.



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American Editions Doubleday 1969, 202 pages, $4.50, hard cover

Doubleday Book Club Edition 1969, 202 pages, hard cover

Dell 1970, 208 pages, 95c, paperback

Bantam 1977, 212 pages, $1.75, paperback

Gregg Press 1979, 202 pages, 10.95, hard cover, illustrated

Daw 1983, 176 pages, $2.50, paperback

Vintage 1991, 191 pages, $10.00, trade paperback

Thorndike 2001 (large print), hard cover

In "Counterfeit Unrealities", SF Book Club Edition 2002, $14.99, 724 pages, hard cover

In "Four Novels of the 1960s", Library of America, 2007, 900 pages, $35, hard cover

Mariner 2012, 224 pages, $13.95, trade paperback British Editions Rapp & Whiting 1970, 202 pages, hard cover

Panther 1973, 191 pages, 35p, paperback

Granada 1978, 191 pages, 75p, paperback

Granada 1984, 191 pages, £1.95, paperback (same cover as 1978 edition)

Grafton 1988, 191 pages, £2.50, paperback

Grafton 1992, 183 pages, £4.99, paperback

Harper Collins 1998, 192 pages, paperback

Gollancz 2000, 210 pages, £6.99, paperback

In "Five Great Novels" Gollancz 2004, 841 pages, £12.99

Gollancz 2006, 224 pages, £7.99, paperback

in "Five Great Novels" Gollancz 2008, 841 pages, £14.99

Phoenix 2012, 224 pages, £7.99, trade paperback

Gollancz 2012, SF Masterworks Series, 224 pages, £7.99, trade paperback

Cover Gallery

Doubleday, 1969 SFBCE, 1969 Dell, 1970 Rapp and Whiting, 1970 Panther, 1973 Bantam, 1977 Granada, 1978 Gregg Press, 1979 Daw, 1983 Grafton, 1988 Vintage, 1991 Grafton, 1992 Harper and Collins, 1998 Gollancz, 2000 Thorndike, 2001 SFBCE, 2002 Gollancz, 2004 Gollancz, 2006 Library of America, 2007 Gollancz, 2008 Gollancz, 2012 Mariner, 2012 Phoenix, 2012

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Ubik: The Screenplay What the Dead Men Say 06/1964, Worlds of Tomorrow Coroboree 1985 Coroboree 1985 limited Edition Subterranean 2008



