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Ubik? Though that is not about artificial personality constructs, it's about communicating with loved ones in half-dead states.
by ErikAugust 7y ago
Ubik? Though that is not about artificial personality constructs, it's about communicating with loved ones in half-dead states.
- iainmerrick 7y agoThis idea crops up in a few of his novels and stories, but I think it’s most fleshed-out in Ubik, yeah.
- xkcd-sucks 7y agoUnder the hood they are all about religious Gnosticism and the physical universe as a false facade to the "true" universe. VALIS is a pretty good explication as well as a really good book; if you are into mental illness+theology, only then is his Exegesis a good read
- iainmerrick 7y agoVery belatedly, yes, VALIS is strange and wonderful. This is making me want to re-read some PKD!
- pmoriarty 7y agoYes, Ubik has half-life states. But I'm thinking of a different PKD book where there were actual artificial personality constructs instead.