So there’s a question I’ve been having for a while now: Why is Ubki, from Philip K Dick so popular ? I’ve read it, and was pretty disappointed. The scenario starts pretty well, but becomes very obvious amongst the rest of the book, there’s little no to connection between the scenes, everything seems to have no relation, the final characters (Ella and Joe) are barely introduced, the resolution (Ubki’s provenance) is barely explained, …
Overall, I feel like I’ve read a really good scenario idea from a great author, but it feels like a missed opportunity; I’m left feeling unsatisfied.
I read in a period where I was reading the top 100 sci-fi books. This was somewhere on number 30 or so. It was a very different read from most other sci-fi books, very quirky. I like those unique kind of approaches I have never seen or didn’t expect. That’s why tropes work. It’s always someone’s first contact with the trope. (Kubik is not a trope though, I haven’t seen i copied yet)