Vulcan's Hammer Paperback - 2012
by Philip K. Dick
In Vulcan's Hammer a super-computer makes all the important decisions for a worldwide government. But when religious fanatics decide to fight back, it leads a high-ranking official to question whether the peace provided by the computer is worth the abnegation of free will.
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After the twentieth century s devastating series of wars, the world s governments banded together into one globe-spanning entity, committed to peace at all costs. Ensuring that peace is the Vulcan supercomputer, responsible for all major decisions. But some people don t like being taken out of the equation. And others resent the idea that the Vulcan is taking the place of God. As the world grows ever closer to all-out war, one functionary frantically tries to prevent it. But the Vulcan computer has its own plans, plans that might not include humanity at all.PHILIP K. DICK (1928 1982) wrote 121 short stories and 45 novels and is considered one of the most visionary authors of the twentieth century. His work is included in the Library of America and has been translated into more than twenty five languages. Eleven works have been adapted to film, including Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly."
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- Title Vulcan's Hammer
- Author Philip K. Dick
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books Classics, Boston, Massachusetts
- Date 2012-10-23
- ISBN 9780547572635 / 0547572638
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.5 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 1.27 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Artificial intelligence
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012015518
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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