We Can Build You
Philip K. Dick
Louis Rosen and his
partners sell people--ingeniously designed, historically authentic
simulacra of personages such as Edwin M. Stanton and Abraham Lincoln.
The problem is that the only prospective buyer is a rapacious
billionaire whose plans for the simulacra could land Louis in jail. Then
there's the added complication that someone--or something--like Abraham
Lincoln may not want to be sold.
Is an electronic Lincoln any
less alive than his creators? Is a machine that cares and suffers
inferior to the woman Louis loves--a borderline psychopath who does
neither? With irresistible momentum, intelligence, and wit, Philip K.
Dick creates an arresting techno-thriller that suggests a marriage of Bladerunner and Barbarians at the Gate.
partners sell people--ingeniously designed, historically authentic
simulacra of personages such as Edwin M. Stanton and Abraham Lincoln.
The problem is that the only prospective buyer is a rapacious
billionaire whose plans for the simulacra could land Louis in jail. Then
there's the added complication that someone--or something--like Abraham
Lincoln may not want to be sold.
Is an electronic Lincoln any
less alive than his creators? Is a machine that cares and suffers
inferior to the woman Louis loves--a borderline psychopath who does
neither? With irresistible momentum, intelligence, and wit, Philip K.
Dick creates an arresting techno-thriller that suggests a marriage of Bladerunner and Barbarians at the Gate.
Catégories:
Année:
1994
Edition:
Paperback
Editeur::
Vintage
Langue:
english
Pages:
256
ISBN 10:
067975296X
ISBN 13:
9780679752967
Fichier:
EPUB, 231 KB
IPFS:
,
english, 1994