Blade Runner
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3.4 • 8 Ratings
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- £4.99
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
World War Terminus had left the Earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalked, in search of the renegade replicants who were his prey. When he wasn¿t ¿retiring¿ them with his laser weapon, he dreamed of owning a live animal -- the ultimate status symbol in a world all but bereft of animal life. Then Rick got his chance: the assignment to kill six Nexus-6 targets, for a huge reward. But in Deckard¿s world things were never that simple, and his assignment quickly turned into a nightmare kaleidoscope of subterfuge and deceit -- and the threat of death for the hunter rather than the hunted...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Dick's futuristic dystopian novel, life has become a tenuous existence for those who have stayed behind after the war and exodus to other planets. Rick Deckard struggles as a bounty hunter in San Francisco to destroy a new breed of androids nearly undetectable to humans. However, he finds himself battling with empathy for the supposed lifeless beings especially when he must team up with one to achieve his goal. Dick blends the detective story with science fiction and a bit of philosophy. Brick is a perfect match for one of Dick's most memorable novels. He maintains Deckard's grittier disposition and a range of other human and inhuman characters, but also provides the inflection and morose tones found in the story's more somber moments. Not all of his female voices are completely believable. However, one of Brick's most gifted abilities lies in his quivering voice used throughout for emphasis and mood. A Del Rey paperback.
Customer Reviews
Book title not right!!
Phillip K. Dick didn’t write ‘Blade Runner’ he wrote ‘Do Androids Dream if Electric Sheep’ which I am guessing by the synopsis is this book. The film title ‘Blade Runner’ was taken from another book by another author who’s name I don’t know. This book is ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep’ which the film ‘Blade Runner’ is based on
Fire the marketing people who came up with this
The book is called ‘Do androids dream of electric sheep’, not ‘Blade Runner'. Changing the book title for marketing purposes is not something any decent bookreader would approve of.