Ubik

by Philip K. Dick

Info

Date Finished: 1/11/2026

First Sentence: At three-thirty A.M. on the night of June 5, 1992, the top telepath in the Sol System fell off the map in the offices of Runciter and Associates in New York City.

Last Sentence: This was just the beginning.

Companion Album:

New Cover

A book cover for "Ubik" by Philip K. Dick. It features a bright lime green background divided by horizontal dark blue stripes with textured, slightly blurred edges. Abstract blue shapes on the left side form a highly stylized, extreme close-up fragment of the word "UBIK". In the bottom right corner, simple blue text reads "One of Time's 100 best English-language novels" followed by the author's name, "Philip K. Dick."

A Few Thoughts

Trippy, meandering, profound story grounded by a tight horror/mystery plot. Ubik keeps you thinking the puzzle pieces will come together with just one more revelation, only to have Dick scatter all the pieces by flipping the table (multiple times) by the end. Read Ubik. Safe when used as directed.

Cover Notes

I wanted to do a super intricate WD-40 style label for the cover, similar to the Japanese version of the over (first one on this list), but having it be the full cover. My strict time limit for these hit, so I picked my favorite typeface of the ones I was experimenting with (Climate Crisis), flattened, then dragged the vector points. Played with a few color combos, but this one fit best, I think. I learned how to turn type into vectors in Figma for this one.