31DC2014 Day 24: A Book – Ubik

Day 24 and we are almost at the end of this EPIC challenge for another year! Wow.

Today’s theme is Inspired by A Book. I chose a sci-fi book by Philip K. Dick called Ubik. It is a classic of his that was written in 1969. The following is a summary of the book from Amazon:

Glen Runciter runs a lucrative business—deploying his teams of anti-psychics to corporate clients who want privacy and security from psychic spies. But when he and his top team are ambushed by a rival, he is gravely injured and placed in “half-life,” a dreamlike state of suspended animation. Soon, though, the surviving members of the team begin experiencing some strange phenomena, such as Runciter’s face appearing on coins and the world seeming to move backward in time. As consumables deteriorate and technology gets ever more primitive, the group needs to find out what is causing the shifts and what a mysterious product called Ubik has to do with it all.

It was set in a future world, which in the book was actually the early ’90s. And believe me, if flying vehicles had truly existed in the 1990, international travel would be a piece of cake! Particularly for a self-confessed travel-whore like myself… It’s no secret that I love going to new places.

I chose a look inspired by the extremely garish fashions each of the characters wear. I guess being written in the 60’s was the primary reason for that, though everyone seems to wear the most gaudy pants, vests and furs. That part is hilariously outlandish by today’s standards. It’s more like the stuff you would wear to an overstated 60’s/70’s dress up party for instance.

Need some examples? How about the taxi driver whom “…wore fuchsia pedal pushers pink yak fur slippers, a snakeskin sleeveless blouse, and a ribbon in his waist-length dyed white hair.” or the character GG Ashwood who was “Square and puffy, like an overweight brick, wearing his usual mohair poncho, apricot-colored felt hat, argyle ski socks and carpet slippers.”

Given the above, I seriously considered adding ‘fur’ to my solid colour nails, but could not find chartreuse fur or fuzz anywhere so it remained as is. I did have a real snakeskin, but didn’t want to cut it up.

I’ve used OPI Toucan Do It Too over China Glaze Def Defying (the crème chartreuse / green).

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