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    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
    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.
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    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
    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 ...
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    Dreams of lost humanity? A Marxist analysis of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick (eBook, ePUB)
    Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Didactics - English - Literature, Works, grade: A+, , course: Literary History and Theory, language: English, abstract: Published in 1968 "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick, the novel is set in a post-apocalyptic near-future America, which is falling apart, after a nuclear war called World War Terminus. Animals are almost extinct and keeping and owning animals have become an obsession for the remaining society. The worst thing a human can do is to harm an animal or to feel nothing at the idea of harming an animal. Thus caring for an animal has become symbol of one's humanity. However, because genuine animals are extremely expensive very few people can afford them and so most people are forced towards the much cheaper electric animals to keep up the pretence. To own a real animal is a sign of distinction and prestige. Before the story's beginning Deckard owned a genuine sheep, but it died, and Deckard had to replace it with an electric one. Deckard's electric sheep leaves him discontent as he yearns for the prestige that would come with the ownership of a real animal. The novel is arguably as influential and relevant today as when it came out. Its social commentary and critique of a twenty-first century America in the grip of soul-crushing hyper-capitalism can be said to be poignant still. The works of Philip K. Dick and, in particular, Do Androids Dream has attracted a small army of scholars and theorist who have applied everything from psychoanalytical criticism to postmodernism. However, a Marxist criticism has not been applied to Do Androids Dream so far. Such a reading is the focus of this paper, as I find that there are several reference to Marxist theory. Throughout the novel, Dick provides a profound social commentary through the vision of a near-future dystopian society. Dick vividly demonstrates how consumerism and capitalism can create a society loaded with socialist elements, even in a world that has suffered nuclear war. Through Deckard who contemplates his place in society via his disdain of his electric sheep, Dick forces the reader to consider the importance of material possessions and how they can affect social status. One would assume that material things would have less significance in a world that has suffered a nuclear holocaust, however, Do Androids Dream shows the opposite; namely, a scenario where one's possessions in society are of the utmost importance. To illustrate how a dystopian society would still hold material possessions in such high regard, Dick embeds numerous Marxist elements into his work as h
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    Blade Runner
    »Träumen Androiden von elektrischen Schafen?« - diese Frage stellte sich Philip K. Dick im Titel seines 1968 erschienenen Romans. Ridley Scott hat danach den Film »Blade Runner« gedreht, der 1982 in die Kinos kam. Roman wie Film erzählen die Geschichte des Kopfgeldjägers Rick Deckard, der Jagd auf künstliche Menschen macht.Im Buch geht es allerdings um weit mehr: Auf einer von einem Atomkrieg verwüsteten Welt sind künstliche Tiere zu Statussymbolen geworden, eine »Mercertum« genannte Fernsehreligion treibt ihr Unwesen, und sogenannte »Stimmungsorgeln« manipulieren die Gefühle der Menschen.Und nicht nur Androiden werden auf Empathie getestet ...Die vollständige Neuübersetzung macht deutschen Lesern den Roman erstmals in seiner ganzen sprachlichen Differenziertheit zugänglich - ein Meisterwerk nicht nur der Science-Fiction-Literatur.
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    Blade Runner (eBook, ePUB)
    »Träumen Androiden von elektrischen Schafen?« - diese Frage stellte sich Philip K. Dick im Titel seines 1968 erschienenen Romans. Ridley Scott hat danach den Film »Blade Runner« gedreht, der 1982 in die Kinos kam. Roman wie Film erzählen die Geschichte des Kopfgeldjägers Rick Deckard, der Jagd auf künstliche Menschen macht. Im Buch geht es allerdings um weit mehr: Auf einer von einem Atomkrieg verwüsteten Welt sind künstliche Tiere zu Statussymbolen geworden, eine »Mercertum« genannte Fernsehreligion treibt ihr Unwesen, und sogenannte »Stimmungsorgeln« manipulieren die Gefühle der Menschen. Und nicht nur Androiden werden auf Empathie getestet ... Die vollständige Neuübersetzung macht deutschen Lesern den Roman erstmals in seiner ganzen sprachlichen Differenziertheit zugänglich - ein Meisterwerk nicht nur der Science-Fiction-Literatur.
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    Blade Runner: Originally published as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 552min
    Here is the classic sci-fi novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, set nearly thirty years before the events of the new Warner Bros. film Blade Runner 2049, starring Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, and Robin Wright. 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. Praise for Philip K. Dick “[Dick] sees all the sparkling—and terrifying—possibilities . . . that other authors shy away from.” - Rolling Stone “A kind of pulp-fiction Kafka, a prophet.”- The New York Times ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Brick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/001304/bk_rand_001304_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Apocalypse Crusade 3: War of the Undead, Day 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 768min
    With the great battle between man and the undead apparently won and the situation seemingly in hand, the president leaps into action to take all the credit he can for saving the country and defending the Quarantine Zone. Surrounded by battalions of television news crews, he authorizes Operation Swift Stand in which he commits the nation's entire rapid deployment force in a show-stopping extravaganza designed more to rekindle patriotic fervor and to lift his own sagging poll numbers than to stop the undead. Unfortunately, there have been leaks in the hard fought line and by the time the 82nd Airborne Division is dropped into central Connecticut, there are flesh hungry zombies wreaking havoc in Hartford, 10 miles behind their lines. Suddenly, there is no line. Day three devolves into chaos as no one knows who is infected and who isn't. Battles break out everywhere: soldier against soldier, and brother against brother, with fearsome zombies waiting to feast on the winners. In the middle of all the mayhem, Deckard and Thuy are fighting not just to stay alive, but to find each other in a land that now belongs solely to the dead. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Erik Johnson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/073499/bk_acx0_073499_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Old Hollow , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 104min
    Come forth, o dark ones, and avail thee of our blood. Spring, 1865. The Southern armies are close to defeat. Union Cavalry Commander Philip Sheridan has loosed his scouts into the Virginia countryside in search of an opportunity to intercept and destroy General Robert E. Lee's Rebel army and bring the war to an end. One such scout is Captain Benjamin Lawson, a man haunted by the scenes of senseless slaughter he has endured from Antietam to Gettysburg. On a dark, rainy night, Lawson's party of scouts stumbles upon a large group of rebel cavalry. All hell breaks loose. Only Lawson, Sergeant Jordy Lightfoot and Corporal Emil Boyd manage to escape into a thick forest. There, Lawson discovers the young corporal has been gravely wounded. Determined not to lose another man under his command, Lawson heads for a small town called Old Hollow in the hopes of finding a doctor who can help the dying boy. What he finds there is far more terrifying than anything he's witnessed on the battlefield. Soon, he and his men are in a fight for their lives against a twisted preacher who has struck a diabolical covenant with an ancient, unspeakable evil. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas Deckard Croix. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/109688/bk_acx0_109688_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
    "The most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world." --John Brunner THE INSPIRATION FOR BLADERUNNER. . . Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published in 1968. Grim and foreboding, even today it is a masterpiece ahead of its time. By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep. . . They even built humans. Emigrees to Mars received androids so sophisticated it was impossible to tell them from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans could wreak, the government banned them from Earth. But when androids didn't want to be identified, they just blended in. Rick Deckard was an officially sanctioned bounty hunter whose job was to find rogue androids, and to retire them. But cornered, androids tended to fight back, with deadly results. "[Dick] sees all the sparkling and terrifying possibilities. . . that other authors shy away from." --Paul Williams Rolling StoneA masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade Runner 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 built 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. Praise for Philip K. Dick "The most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world."-John Brunner "A kind of pulp-fiction Kafka, a prophet."-The New York Times "[Philip K. Dick] sees all the sparkling-and terrifying-possibilities . . . that other authors shy away from."-Rolling Stone
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    Diablo 3: Die Tyrael-Chronik
    Für die Menschheit bricht ein neues Zeitalter an. Unlängst haben tapfere Helden die Streitmächte der Brennenden Höllen vernichtet, das prophezeite Ende der Welt abgewendet und den Kreaturen der Dunkelheit siegreich die Stirn geboten. Doch Tyrael, der einstige Erzengel der Gerechtigkeit, der seine Unsterblichkeit opferte, um ein Mensch zu werden, weiß um die neuen Gefahren, die bereits am Horizont lauern. Deshalb schuf er dieses reich bebilderte Werk, um seine Verbündeten zu den Waffen zu rufen und sie in ihrem Kampf gegen das Böse nach besten Kräften anzuleiten. Die hier versammelten Texte, voller Geheimnisse über Sanktuarios Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft, entstammen nicht allein den Aufzeichnungen Tyraels, sondern gleichermaßen denen des berühmten Gelehrten Deckard Cain und seiner Nichte Leah. In den kommenden, ungewissen Zeiten könnte das Wissen in diesem Buch den Unterschied zwischen der Rettung und der Vernichtung der Menschheit ausmachen. Also sei wachsam, verehrter Leser, und werde Zeuge der unglaublichen Wahrheiten, die auf diesen Seiten schlummern!
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