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The mid twenty first century saw Earth succumb to a phenomenon that can only be described as Venus fever. An amazing discovery on that far distant planet had had the effect of unleashing a frantic race to be the first to get to Venus, to be the very first in establishing the presence of intelligent beings on the planet's surface and to be the first to exploit the natural resources of the world many described as Earths sister planet.
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With powerful and haunting prose, these stories explore the resilience of the human spirit.These science fiction stories will take you on a journey through shattered lives and distorted realities. Dynamic characters are set in dramatic civilizations populated by androids, creatures, and space empires. Each story explores the painful aftermath of loss, trauma, and tragedy.CONTENTS:All Androids Lie- In this gripping legal thriller, two highly skilled...
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From USA Today bestselling author Jamie K. Schmidt comes a brand new paranormal romantic comedy about androids learning to love. Research librarian and newly sentient android Rose Stratton can solve any puzzle the denizens of Whynot throw at her. However, a new problem has been tickling her circuits. Every time she sees a happy couple, she goes into system overdrive. With the threat of being reprogrammed looming, it's time to do what she does best-research-before...
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Androids & Aliens is Scott's third short story collection - eight sci fi and sci-fantasy shorts that run the gamut from cyborgs to (comedic) alien invasions: Rise: The rise in sea levels caused by climate change swallowed Venice beneath the lagoon half a century ago. But what if we could bring it back? Ping: I was a real estate agent by day, and a museum curator in the evening at a sci-fi museum. What I saw one night changed everything. What the Rain...
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Caden Sampract transports his readers to the year 2038 when androids are becoming sentient and capable of emotions. A future in which man and machine struggle to redefine life, love, awareness, and what separates humans from androids. The stakes in this story are nothing short of life and death.War For The Cyber Androids is a brilliant book for any sci-fi reader, with fascinating characters, nonstop action, and eye-opening revelations.Deviants (Androids...
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Get the Summary of Chet Haase's Androids in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: In 2004, Android was two people who wanted to build camera software. But they couldn't get investors interested. Today, Android is a large team at Google, shipping an operating system (including camera software) to over three billion devices worldwide.
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Ultraman 80 volume 24
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Takeshi creates Vamora, who tries to enter the real world by creating a Space Warp system on a computer at the university. Can Gridman stop him from entering the real world and destroying the city?
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Science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) is the giant imagination behind so much recent popular culture-both movies directly based on his writings, such as Blade Runner (based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and The Adjustment Bureau plus cult favorites such as A Scanner Darkly, Imposter, Next, Screamers, and Paycheck and works revealing his powerful influence, such as The Matrix and Inception....
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A Study Guide for PhilipK. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
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E.I. - Earth Invasion volume 39
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Both sides are re-arming and refitting for the next upcoming fight, which may well be the final one.
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Have you ever wondered what a UFO abduction is like from the alien's viewpoint? Can a machine provide comfort to a dying woman? What would it be like to fall into the hands of a get-rich-quick scheming extraterrestrial? All these questions and more are answered in this book of wonderfully crafted short stories by breakout author, J.J. Harlan.
If Ray Bradbury and Douglas Adams collaborated on writing, they'd present something like this incredible...
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A bestselling cultural journalist shows how pop culture prepared Americans to embrace extreme politics.
Almost everything has been invoked to account for Trump's victory and the rise of the alt-right, from job loss to racism to demography-everything, that is, except popular culture. In The Sky Is Falling bestselling cultural journalist Peter Biskind dives headlong into two decades of popular culture-from superhero franchises such as the Dark Knight,...
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She's an android under my care. My secretary. I shouldn't feel this way.Nicholas Kane doesn't have time for romance. Running his own high-profile company based in London means most women are only interested in his bank account. Skipping the heart-ache entirely? That's easy.When a friend asks him to care for a rescued android, Nick can't refuse. Sweet, curious Sophie deserves kindness and peace, something he's certain he can provide.It should be simple....
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Public transportation is in crisis. Through an assessment of the history of automobility in North America, the "three revolutions" in automotive transportation, as well as the current work of committed people advocating for a different way forward, James Wilt imagines what public transit should look like in order to be green and equitable. Wilt considers environment and climate change, economic and racial inequality, urban density, accessibility and...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, which follows the bounty hunter Rick Deckard on his quest to "retire" androids in an imagined post-apocalyptic version of San Francisco. The androids, who are treated as subhuman but are indistinguishable from humans...
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Today, a scientific explanation is not meant to ascribe agency to natural phenomena: we would not say a rock falls because it seeks the center of the earth. Even for living things, in the natural sciences and often in the social sciences, the same is true. A modern botanist would not say that plants pursue sunlight. This has not always been the case, nor, perhaps, was it inevitable. Since the seventeenth century, many thinkers have made agency, in...
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