Vulcan's Hammer: Battle of the Brain Machines
by Philip K. Dick
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0441866085
- ISBN 13
- 9780441866083
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Counter Objective, unbiased and hyperrational, the Vulcan 3 should have been the perfect ruler. The omnipotent computer dictates policy that is in the best interests of all citizens—or at least, that is the idea. But when the machine, whose rule evolved out of chaos and war, begins to lose control of the "Healer" movement of religious fanatics and the mysterious force behind their rebellion, all Hell breaks loose. Written in 1960, Philip K. Dick's paranoid novel imagines a totalitarian state in which hammer-headed robots terrorize citizens and freedom is an absurd joke. William Barrios, the morally conflicted hero, may be the only person who can prevent the battle for control from destroying the world—if, that is, he can decide which side he's on.
Synopsis
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.
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- Books of the World (US)
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- Title
- Vulcan's Hammer: Battle of the Brain Machines
- Author
- Philip K. Dick
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0441866085
- ISBN 13
- 9780441866083
- Publisher
- Ace Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- May 1972
- Pages
- 154
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- fiction, science fiction, apocalypse, post-apocalypse, dystopia, dystopian, artificial intelligence, computers, revolution, terrorism, world government, New York City
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- Science Fiction; Fiction;
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