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Louis Rosen and his partners sell people--ingeniously designed, historically authentic simulacra of personages such as Edwin M. Stanton and Abraham Lincoln. The problem is that the only prospective buyer is a rapacious billionaire whose plans for the simulacra could land Louis in jail. Then there's the added complication that someone--or something--like Abraham Lincoln may not want to be sold.Is an electronic Lincoln any less alive than his creators? Is a machine that cares and suffers inferior to the woman Louis loves--a borderline psychopath who does neither? With irresistible momentum, intelligence, and wit, Philip K. Dick creates an arresting techno-thriller that suggests a marriage of Bladerunner and Barbarians at the Gate .
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We Can Build You, Philip K. Dick
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- Released
- 1994
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- Title
- We Can Build You
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Philip K. Dick
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Released
- 1994
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 067975296X
- ISBN13
- 9780679752967
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Philosophical Topics, Science Fiction, USA, American Literature, Science Fantasy, Drugs, Cyberpunk, Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Androids, Abraham Lincoln, 1809–1865
- First published
- 1972
- Original title
- We Can Build You
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- Louis Rosen and his partners sell people--ingeniously designed, historically authentic simulacra of personages such as Edwin M. Stanton and Abraham Lincoln. The problem is that the only prospective buyer is a rapacious billionaire whose plans for the simulacra could land Louis in jail. Then there's the added complication that someone--or something--like Abraham Lincoln may not want to be sold.Is an electronic Lincoln any less alive than his creators? Is a machine that cares and suffers inferior to the woman Louis loves--a borderline psychopath who does neither? With irresistible momentum, intelligence, and wit, Philip K. Dick creates an arresting techno-thriller that suggests a marriage of Bladerunner and Barbarians at the Gate .