{"product_id":"blade-runner-paperback","title":"Blade Runner - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip K. Dick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe classic sci-fi novel \u003ci\u003eDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, \u003c\/i\u003e which inspired two major motion pictures: \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner 2049\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature, and for people who can't afford one, companies build incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep. They've even built humans. Immigrants to Mars receive androids so sophisticated they are indistinguishable from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans can wreak, the government bans them from Earth. Driven into hiding, unauthorized androids live among human beings, undetected. Rick Deckard, an officially sanctioned bounty hunter, is commissioned to find rogue androids and \"retire\" them. But when cornered, androids fight back--with lethal force. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Philip K. Dick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" Philip K. Dick] sees all the sparkling--and terrifying--possibilities . . . that other authors shy away from.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A kind of pulp-fiction Kafka, a prophet.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Chicago in 1928, \u003cb\u003ePhilip K. Dick\u003c\/b\u003e would go on to become one of the most celebrated science fiction authors of all time. The author of 44 published novels and 120 short stories, Dick won a Hugo Award in 1963 and a John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1975, and was nominated five separate times for the Nebula Award. Eleven of his works have been turned into films, including \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e A Scanner Darkly\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 1982.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 6.8 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42716011069503,"sku":"9781524796976","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6f5f725f6c001e98a09ee0d85f29bef4.webp?v=1765073422","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/blade-runner-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}