Books I've Read Recently: May 2026

Ubik (Phillip K Dick, 1969) I think this is the first Phillip K Dick book I've read and unambiguously liked. It's about a group of people who work for a sort of anti-psychic security company. The company is run by a man and his wife who is kept in cryogenic storage somewhere between life and death. This "half-life" state is depicted as a temporary, fleeting thing. This contrasts with the more…