| Blade Runner Contributor(s): Dick, Philip K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1524796972 ISBN-13: 9781524796976 Publisher: Del Rey Books OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Media Tie-in - Fiction | Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction - Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.2" W x 6.8" (0.30 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The classic sci-fi novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which inspired two major motion pictures: Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature, and for people who can't afford one, companies build incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep. They've even built humans. Immigrants to Mars receive androids so sophisticated they are indistinguishable from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans can wreak, the government bans them from Earth. Driven into hiding, unauthorized androids live among human beings, undetected. Rick Deckard, an officially sanctioned bounty hunter, is commissioned to find rogue androids and "retire" them. But when cornered, androids fight back--with lethal force. Praise for Philip K. Dick " Philip K. Dick] sees all the sparkling--and terrifying--possibilities . . . that other authors shy away from."--Rolling Stone "A kind of pulp-fiction Kafka, a prophet."--The New York Times |