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Vulcan's Hammer: Battle of the Brain Machines

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Vulcan's Hammer: Battle of the Brain Machines

by Philip K. Dick

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ISBN 10
0441866085
ISBN 13
9780441866083
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New York: Ace, May 1972. Mass Market Paperback. Ace Books 86608. 75¢. First stand-alone publication. No date of publication. First printing (No additional printings listed). No ISBN. Very Good. Light creasing and a .25 inch tear to front cover (see photos). Interior is tanned, but unmarked. Spine is straight and very tight. Not from a library. 154 pages.

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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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
RWARE0000001708
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
Bookseller catalogs
Science Fiction; Fiction;

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