Have I mentioned I like Science Fiction?
Perhaps... But here is an actual piece of Science Fiction 'perfection':
The novel 'Ubik' by well known Sci-Fi writer Phillip K. Dick is an immersive and utterly mind blowing creation of the future, which, like many of his novels, causes us to ask:
What is reality?
I love how it messes with us throughout..
It's superbly written, with a bit of sex, romance, action, horror and lots of great humour.
Personally, it gives me great joy to look at the cover too, haha. Pretty colours eh?
"If you liked "Inception" or "The Matrix" then you'd probably like this. It's kind of a similar concept of people trapped in essentially a dreamworld where things can change around them in an instant. Of course there's a lot less kung-fu and car chases than those movies. - LibraryThing Review"
"Fast moving novel that explores solipsism, perhaps, in a mind-bending manner. Dick creates a world overflowing with novelties, then shifts the entire setting of the novel, twisting the plot and characters in a manner that reminded me of the creative freedom of the novel. There's a strong whiff of meta-fictive play about the novel, but none of the pretentiousness that so often accompanies it. - Michael.McGuire"
"An extraordinarily prescient book, written over 40 years ago, yet describing a world of instant communication and online commercevery like the present. The story flips you through time and life/death so many times, you don't know whether you are in the past, or present, alive, half alive or dead. - Greatrakes"
Check it out here on Google Books for the full description and reviews:
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZEyn5Gl_sYUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=philip+k+dick+ubik+books&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Qc-gU-m5BoTp8AXGtoGoAw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=philip%20k%20dick%20ubik%20books&f=false
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