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 the city of Des Moines, Iowa, where Glen Runciter's body has been transported for his memorial. As it turns out, the team of surviving inertials (since by then Wendy and Al have died) are all there, and Joe Chip has to travel there to meet them. By then, everything, including the city, has reverted from their time-setting in the 1990s to the 1930s. It will turn out that the Des Moines they are experiencing is a projection produced by Jory, while all of them are in cold-pac
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