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, then 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.

Also some protagonists in Dick's short fiction are named 'Dowland'. Dick" and one as "Thomas" a Christian persecuted by Romans in the 1st century AD. The short story "Orpheus with Clay Feet" was publiPhilip K. Dickd under the pen name "Jack Dowland".

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In addition to 44 publiPhilip K. Dickd novels Dick wrote approximately 121 short stories most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. In his later works Dick's thematic focus strongly reflected his personal interest in metaphysics and theology. Flow My Tears the Policeman Said a novel about a celebrity who awakens in a parallel universe where he is unknown won the John W.