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Ubik / Philip K. Dick

After a corporate ambush leaves their leader in suspended animation, a group of anti-psychics experiences a regressing reality where technology and time flow backwards. They struggle to maintain their existence while encountering a mysterious product called Ubik.

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Accession Number: 8984

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