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 ...
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9780575079939
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 201 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 22 mm
One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction, Dick made most of the European avant-garde seem like navel-gazers in a cul-de-sac - Sunday Times
My literary hero - Fay Weldon
For everyone lost in the endlessly multiplicating realities of the modern world, remember: Philip K. Dick got there first - Terry Gilliam
A masterclass in sci-fi wonderment - Empire
One of the greatest SF novels of the 20th century. Dick takes us on a journey through the deepest, darkest aspects of the human soul with a funny, fast-paced plot set on post-apocolyptic Earth. This is one to... More
You've probably seen Blade Runner so already know some of the story to this book but there is so much more going on here than what you get in the film.
I read this as part of a book group not having seen Blade Runner. Despite not being held captive by a true literary, I found Dick's atmospheric scenes utterly entertaining and was drawn into a unique and timeless... More
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