Philip Dick, Ubik - Psionic and Antipsionic Talents - Sadler's Lectures

30/05/2025 17 min
Philip Dick, Ubik - Psionic and Antipsionic Talents - Sadler's Lectures

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Episode Synopsis

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American science-fiction short story writer and novelist, Philip K. Dick's novel Ubik

It focuses specifically on one of the central themes involved in the plot and worldbuilding of the story, namely the existence of psionic talents such as telepathy and precognition, and the existence of anti-psionic talents (called inertials) that nullify those psionic talents. Most of the psionic and anti-psionic talents work for companies, like that of Ray Hollis or Glen Runciter

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