An edition of Vulcan's hammer (1960)

Vulcan's hammer

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An edition of Vulcan's hammer (1960)

Vulcan's hammer

1st Vintage Books ed.
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"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 behing 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 Barris, 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."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
165

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Vulcan's Hammer
Nov 20, 2012, Brilliance Audio
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2012, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
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Vulcan's hammer
2004, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
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Les marteaux de Vulcain
1991, Livre de Poche
in French
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Vulkans Hammer
1986, Bastei Lübbe
in German - Dt. Erstveröffentlichung
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Vulcan's hammer
1979, Gregg Press
in English
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Vulcan's hammer
1976, Arrow Books
in English
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Vulcan's hammer
1974, Ace Books
in English
Cover of: Vulcan's hammer
Vulcan's hammer
1960, Ace Books
in English

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Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : Ace Books, 1960.

Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3554.I3 V85 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
165 p. ;
Number of pages
165

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3305635M
ISBN 10
1400030129
LCCN
2004049330
OCLC/WorldCat
54974482
Library Thing
223440
Goodreads
22595

Work Description

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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