UBIK Literature 1969. Written by Philip K. Dick.

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Total Records: 64 - Medium: LITERATURE

#	Record Name	Group	Category	Subcategory
BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU
1	Archer's Drugstore	BBB	Retail	Drugstores
	Archer's Drugstore Try Archer's Drugstore for reliable household remedies and medicinal preparations of tried and tested value. Economically priced.
2	Atlas Interplan Van and Storage	BBB	Services	Shipping and Storage
	Atlas Interplan Van and Storage Service that delivers half-lifers that have just passed and pick up half-lifers when they expire.
3	Beloved Brethren Moratorium	BBB	Services	Funeral Homes
	Beloved Brethren Moratorium Moratorium owned by Herbert Schoenheit von Vogelsang where Runciter's half-lifer wife resides.
4	Bonds of Erotic Polymorphic Experience	BBB	Travel	Lodging
	Bonds of Erotic Polymorphic Experience Edie Dorn and two other inertials follow S. Dole Melipone to a motel, a sixty-unit subsurface structure catering to businessmen and their hookers who don't want to be entertained.
5	Braised Fillet of Martian Mole Cricket	BBB	Menu	Menu Items
	Braised Fillet of Martian Mole Cricket Dish Joe Chip intends to eat at The Matador restaurant.
6	Carl Jung Hospital	BBB	Healthcare	Hospitals
	Carl Jung Hospital Hospital where Sammy Mundo is being kept - Hesuffered massive brain damage and lapsed into a coma outof which they say he'll never emerge.
7	Dacron Wash-and-wear Suit	BBB	Apparel	Clothing Products
	Dacron Wash-and-wear Suit
8	Descent Chute	BBB	Transportation	Transportation Technology
	Descent Chute Back in New York once more, his trip to the Beloved Brethren Moratorium completed, Glen Runciter landed via a silent and impressive all-electric hired limousine on the roof of the central installation of Runciter Associates. A descent chute dropped him speedily to his fifth-floor office.
9	Dr. Edward Sonderbar	BBB	Healthcare	Doctors
	Dr. Edward Sonderbar Developer of Ubik Liver and Kidney Balm.
10	Elixir of Ubique	BBB	Drugs	Medicine
	Elixir of Ubique Guaranteed to restore lost manliness and to banish vapors of all known kinds as well as to relieve reproductive complaints in both men and women. A beneficent aid to mankind when sedulously employed as indicated.
11	Ferris & Brockman Retail Credit Auditing...	BBB	Financial Companies	Financial Services
	Ferris & Brockman Retail Credit Auditing and Analysis Agency The maintenance circuit of his building advises Joe Chip that the Ferris & Brockman Retail Credit Auditing and Analysis Agency has published a special flier on him, since his credit dropped from triple G status to quadruple G.
12	Fribourg & Treyer Princes Snuff	BBB	Tobacco	Tobacco Products
	Fribourg & Treyer Princes Snuff Tobacco product.
13	Hollis Corporation	BBB	Corporations	Companies
	Hollis Corporation
14	Hollis Talents	BBB	Services	Talent Agencies
	Hollis Talents Talent agency for PSIs - psionically talented personnel, including teeps, parakineticists, precogs, resurrectors and animators.
15	Instant Ubik	BBB	Beverage Products	Coffee
	Instant Ubik Coffee product. Instant Ubik has all the fresh flavor of just-brewed drip coffee. Your husband will say, Christ, Sally, I used to think your coffee was only so-so, But now, wow! Safe when taken as directed.
16	Lucky People Supermarket	BBB	Food Stores	Grocery Stores
	Lucky People Supermarket Store where Joe Chip and Al test out their Runciter money buying a pack of cigarettes.
17	Martian Grubworm TV Dinner	BBB	Food Products	Prepackaged Meals
	Martian Grubworm TV Dinner Food product sold at the Lucky People Supermarket.
18	The Matador	BBB	Dining	Restaurants
	The Matador Restaurant recommended to Joe Chip.
19	The Meremont Hotel	BBB	Travel	Hotels
	The Meremont Hotel Brick building with a neon sign going up and down. A terrible place. One bathroom for every two rooms, and a tub instead of a shower. And the food. Incredible. And the only drink they sell is something called Nehi.
20	Nehi	BBB	Beverage Products	Beverages
	Nehi Pat: You'll see a brick building with a neon sign going up and down. The Meremont Hotel, it's called. A terrible place. One bathroom for every two rooms, and a tub instead of a shower. And the food. Incredible. And the only drink they sell is something called Nehi.
21	Papapot	BBB	Beverage Products	Alcohol
	Papapot Alcohol product. Joe Chip's test equipment was still in his car because he had been too pizzled on papapot to get the trunk of his hovercar open.
22	Portable Protophason Amplifier	BBB	Technology Products	Electronics
	Portable Protophason Amplifier Device Herbert uses to listen at the proper frequency for indication of cephalic activity of half-lifers.
23	Pratfall II	BBB	Vehicles	Spacecrafts
	Pratfall II Ship that carries Runciter, Joe Chip and their crew to Luna.
24	The Prudence Society	BBB	Organizations	Professional Organizations
	The Prudence Society
25	Runciter Associates	BBB	Corporations	Companies
	Runciter Associates
26	Simple Shepherd Mortuary	BBB	Services	Funeral Homes
	Simple Shepherd Mortuary Mortuary where the body of Glen Runciter will lie in state.
27	Tranquilizing Gum	BBB	Food Products	Candy
	Tranquilizing Gum Peach flavored gum that moratorium owner Von Vogelsang offers to Joe Chip to calm down.
28	Ubik Beer	BBB	Beverage Products	Beer
	Ubik Beer The best way to ask for beer is to sing out Ubik. Made from select hops, choice water, slow-aged for perfect flavor, Ubik is the nation's number-one choice in beer. Made only in Cleveland.
29	Ubik Bra	BBB	Apparel	Underwear
	Ubik Bra Lift your arms and be all at once curvier! New extra-gentle Ubik bra and longline Ubik special bra means, Lift your arms and be all at once curvier! Supplies firm, relaxing support to bosom all day long when fitted as directed.
30	Ubik Breath Spray	BBB	Personal Care	Hygiene Products
	Ubik Breath Spray Could it be that I have bad breath, Tom? Well, Ed, if you're worried about that, try today's new Ubik, with powerful germicidal foaming action, guaranteed safe when taken as directed.
31	Ubik Deodorant	BBB	Personal Care	Hygiene Products
	Ubik Deodorant Has perspiration odor taken you out of the swim? Ten-day Ubik deodorant spray or Ubik roll-on ends worry of offending, brings you back where the happening is. Safe when used as directed in a conscientious program of body hygiene.
32	Ubik Food Flavoring	BBB	Food Products	Cooking Products
	Ubik Food Flavoring Tired of lazy tastebuds? Has boiled cabbage taken over your world of food? That same old, stale, flat, Monday-morning odor no matter how many dimes you put into your stove? Ubik changes all that. Ubik wakes up food flavor, puts hearty taste back where it belongs, and restores fine food smell.
33	Ubik Hair Conditioner	BBB	Personal Care	Hair Products
	Ubik Hair Conditioner My hair is so dry, so unmanageable. What's a girl to do? Simply rub in creamy Ubik hair conditioner. In just five days you'll discover new body in your hair, new glossiness. And Ubik hairspray, used as directed, is absolutely safe.
34	Ubik Hair Spray	BBB	Personal Care	Hair Products
	Ubik Hair Spray My hair is so dry, so unmanageable. What's a girl to do? Simply rub in creamy Ubik hair conditioner. In just five days you'll discover new body in your hair, new glossiness. And Ubik hairspray, used as directed, is absolutely safe.
35	Ubik Headache and Stomachache Medicine	BBB	Drugs	Medicine
	Ubik Headache and Stomachache Medicine Can't make the frug contest, Helen, stomach's upset. I'll fix you Ubik! Ubik drops you back in the thick of things fast. Taken as directed, Ubik speeds relief to head and stomach. Remember: Ubik is only seconds away. Avoid prolonged use.
36	Ubik Liver and Kidney Baum	BBB	Drugs	Medicine
	Ubik Liver and Kidney Baum This unique analgesic formula, developed over a period of forty years by Dr. Edward Sonderbar, is guaranteed to end forever annoying getting up at night. You will sleep peacefully for the first time, and with superlative comfort. Merely dissolve a teaspoonful of UBIK LIVER AND KIDNEY BALM in a glass of warm water and drink immediately one-half hour before retiring. If pain or irritation persists, increase dosage to one tablespoonful. Do not give to children.
37	Ubik Plastic Coating	BBB	Goods	Hardware
	Ubik Plastic Coating Perk up pouting household surfaces with new miracle Ubik, the easy-to-apply, extra-shiny, non-stick plastic coating. Entirely harmless if used as directed. Saves endless scrubbing, glides you right out of the kitchen!
38	Ubik Plastic Wrap	BBB	Home Furnishing	Kitchen Products
	Ubik Plastic Wrap It takes more than a bag to seal in food flavor, it takes Ubik plastic wrap - actually four layers in one. Keeps freshness in, air and moisture out.
39	Ubik Razor	BBB	Personal Care	Hygiene Products
	Ubik Razor We wanted to give you a shave like no other you ever had. We said, It's about time a man's face got a little loving. We said, With Ubik's self-winding Swiss chromium neverending blade, the days of scrape-scrape are over. So try Ubik. And be loved. Warning: use only as directed. And with caution.
40	Ubik Salad Dressing	BBB	Food Products	Condiments
	Ubik Salad Dressing Wild new Ubik salad dressing, not Italian, not French, but an entirely new and different taste treat that's waking up the world. Wake up to Ubik and be wild! Safe when taken as directed.
41	Ubik Savings & Loan	BBB	Financial Companies	Banks
	Ubik Savings & Loan If money worries have you in the cellar, go visit the lady at Ubik Savings & Loan. She'll take the frets out of your debts.
42	Ubik Toasted Flakes	BBB	Food Products	Breakfast Cereal
	Ubik Toasted Flakes Wake up to a hearty, lip-smacking bowlful of nutritious, nourishing Ubik toasted flakes, the adult cereal that's more crunchy, more tasty, more yummmish. Ubik breakfast cereal, the whole-bowl taste treat! Do not exceed recommended portion at any one meal.
43	Ubik Toaster Pastry	BBB	Food Products	Baked Goods
	Ubik Toaster Pastry Pop tasty Ubik into your toaster, made only from fresh fruit and healthful all-vegetable shortening. Ubik makes breakfast a feast, puts zing into your thing! Safe when handled as directed.
44	World Bank	BBB	Financial Companies	Banks
	World Bank
45	Zurich Rootes Hotel	BBB	Travel	Hotels
	Zurich Rootes Hotel Hotel where Joe Chip considers renting a room.
FICTITIOUS TIMELINE
46	September 12, 1930	Dates	20th Century: 1st Half	Headlines
	September 12, 1930 Date on newspaper that Joe Chip finds in the living room in the past. Headline: FRENCH CLAIM SIEGFRIED LINE DENTED REPORT GAINS IN AREA NEAR SAARBRUCKEN.
47	June 5, 1992	Dates	20th Century: 90s	Events
	June 5, 1992 At three-thirty a.m. on the night of June 5, 1992, the toptelepath in the Sol System fell off the map in the offices of Runciter Associates in New York City.
MAKE BELIEVE MAP
48	North American Confederation	Map	Geographic Areas	Countries
	North American Confederation Country.
49	The Topeka Kibbutz	Map	Urban Areas	Communities
	The Topeka Kibbutz Pat Conley tells Joe that she maintains the subsurface vidphone lines at the Topeka Kibbutz, because only women can hold jobs involving manual labor at that particular kibbutz. That's why she applied there, instead of the Wichita Falls Kibbutz.
50	The Wichita Falls Kibbutz	Map	Urban Areas	Communities
	The Wichita Falls Kibbutz Pat Conley tells Joe that she maintains the subsurface vidphone lines at the Topeka Kibbutz, because only women can hold jobs involving manual labor at that particular kibbutz. That's why she applied there, instead of the Wichita Falls Kibbutz.
OTHER
51	Crypto-chrome	Other	Matter	Metals
	Crypto-chrome Material used to make the chairs in Joe Chip's hotel room - variegated crypto-chrome-plated reclining chairs.
52	Fidel Castro Fifty Cent Piece	Other	Money	Coins
	Fidel Castro Fifty Cent Piece Joe Chip and his team of PSIs find that their money is changing - some coins get obsolete, others show up with Runciter's portrait or bust on them.
53	Graffiti	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Graffiti Graffiti on the men's room wall: Jump in the urinal and stand on your head. I'm the one that's alive. You're all dead.
54	Graffiti	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Graffiti Graffiti on bathroom wall in detergent commercial: Lean over the bowl and then take a dive. All of you are dead. I am alive.
55	Joe Chip	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Joe Chip Joe Chip: But this old theory - didn't Plato think that something survived the decline, something inner not able to decay? The ancient dualism: body separated from soul. The body ending as Wendy did, and the soul - out of its nest the bird, flown elsewhere. Maybe so. To be reborn again, as the Tibetan Book of the Dead says. It really is true. Christ, I hope so. Because in that case we all can meet again. In, as in Winnie-the-Pooh, another part of the forest, where a boy and his bear will always be playing... a category, imperishable. Like all of us. We will all wind up with Pooh, in a clearer, more durable new place.
56	Joe Chip Fifty Cent Piece	Other	Money	Coins
	Joe Chip Fifty Cent Piece Runciter discovers that the coins he hands over to the attendant at the moratorium have Joe Chip's face on them.
57	Neo Teakwood	Other	Matter	Substances
	Neo Teakwood Substance used to make furniture.
58	North American Confederation Quarter	Other	Money	Coins
	North American Confederation Quarter Coin that Joe Chip attempts to use in a public vidphone, but the phone expels it in disgust, and it turns out to be a recalled issue of the United States of America's Philadelphia mint.
59	Pat	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Pat Pat: You'll see a brick building with a neon sign going up and down. The Meremont Hotel, it's called. A terrible place. One bathroom for every two rooms, and a tub instead of a shower. And the food. Incredible. And the only drink they sell is something called Nehi.
60	Poscreds	Other	Money	Currency
	Poscreds Currency.
61	Runciter Money	Other	Money	Currency
	Runciter Money Joe Chip and his team of PSIs find that their money is changing - some coins get obsolete, others show up with Runciter's portrait or bust on them.
62	Ubik	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Ubik Ubik: I am Ubik. Before the universe was, I am. I made the suns. I made the worlds. I created the lives and the places they inhabit. I move them here, I put them there. They go as I say, they do as I tell them. I am the word and my name is never spoken, the name which no one knows. I am called Ubik, but that is not my name. I am. I shall always be.
63	Untitled	Other	Themes	3-D
	#d27324 #0f6678 #f9e845
64	Walt Disney Fifty Cent Piece	Other	Money	Coins
	Walt Disney Fifty Cent Piece Joe Chip and his team of PSIs find that their money is changing - some coins get obsolete, others show up with Runciter's portrait or bust on them.

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