Ubik

Summary

Ubik is a literary work^[1]. Ubik ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,024 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ubik authored Philip K. Dick^[3].
• Ubik's instance of is recorded as literary work^[4].
• Ubik was published by Doubleday^[5].
• Ubik's genre is science fiction^[6].
• Ubik's genre is futuristic fiction^[7].
• Ubik's place of publication is recorded as United States^[8].
• Ubik's Commons category is recorded as Ubik^[9].
• Ubik's language of work or name is recorded as American English^[10].
• Ubik's country of origin is recorded as United States^[11].
• Ubik was published on January 1, 1969^[12].
• Ubik's has edition or translation is recorded as Q132732322^[13].
• Ubik's narrative location is recorded as Zurich^[14].
• Ubik's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ubik'}^[15].
• Ubik's different from is recorded as Ubik^[16].
• Ubik's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'At three-thirty A.M. on the night of June 5, 1992, the top telepath in the Sol System fell off the map in the offices of Runciter Associates in New York City.'}^[17].
• Ubik's set in period is recorded as 1990s^[18].
• Ubik's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1980247', 'amount': '+17'}^[19].
• Ubik's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'This was just the beginning.'}^[20].
• Ubik's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted^[21].
• Ubik's form of creative work is recorded as novel^[22].

Product Details

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• Release type: Prose^[23]

• Community tags: novel, science fiction^[24]

• MusicBrainz ID: f666afde-dbdd-45f5-93f7-2bd3eda87f0b^[25]

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Authorship and Creation

Ubik authored Philip K. Dick^[3]. Ubik was published by Doubleday^[5].

Publication

Ubik was published on January 1, 1969^[12]. Ubik's place of publication is recorded as United States^[8]. Ubik's language of work or name is recorded as American English^[10]. Genres include science fiction^[6] and futuristic fiction^[7].

Why It Matters

Ubik ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,024 views/month).^[2] Ubik has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26]