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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. "Are we dead; the rest of us?"By Kennedy GammageDicks only screenplay was published three years after his death - somewhat ironic; given the themes of death; entropy; and `half-life in this classic mind-bender; based on his influential novel from 1969. What is UBIK? It derives from ubiquity and comes in a spray can; perhaps the kind taggers use. Dick compares visuals sprayed from the can to Andy Warhol images; which are accompanied by cheesy advertising slogans promoting UBIK as the universal cure-all. Glen Runciter runs a prudence organization comprised of anti-psi telepaths. After they are lured to a lethal ambush inside the Lunar colony (the screenplays biggest scene) Joe Chip and the rest of Runciters team experience disorienting shifts in reality and perception; no longer appearing to be in control of their own destiny. This would make a helluva movie. #PKD3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Whem do we get to see the movie?By Tessa B. DickThis screenplay; which the author based on his own novel; focuses more on action than the novel did. It does; however; remain faithful to the novel. The long speeches by the main character; Joe Chip; would be better given to a voice-over narrator. Overall; its fun to read and would make a good movie. Unfortunately; Halcyon is not using this screenplay. ~~~0 of 2 people found the following review helpful. FascinatingBy Carol A. ThompsonThis is a screenplay by Philip K Dick based on his novel Ubik. I have not read the novel for a while; so I cannot call out all the differences at this point. I will update this review when I have done the reread. However I can say that while Ubik is one of Dicks best novels; I feel the screenplay stands on its own. Highly recommended to PKD fans.
