Blade Runner, Philip K. Dick
Blade Runner, Philip K. Dick
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Blade Runner
Originally published as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 9 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/27/2007


Synopsis

The classic sci-fi novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which inspired two major motion pictures: Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049

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
 
“[Philip K. 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

About The Author

Born in Chicago in 1928, Philip K. Dick would go on to become one of the most celebrated science fiction authors of all time. The author of 44 published novels and 120 short stories, Dick won a Hugo Award in 1963 and a John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1975, and was nominated five separate times for the Nebula Award. Eleven of his works have been turned into films, including Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly. He died in 1982.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Svetlana on September 09, 2017

Great overview of the muscle groups and exercises to get you started on the journey. I like to learn the fundamentals and understand how the body works. This book is not for the professionals who have been in the fitness industry for a while but everyone will find some interesting info here. Also, I......more

Goodreads review by Raimondo on January 05, 2022

This is one of the first books I cut my teeth on when I started my fitness odyssey, and a decade later it has proved itself to still be very useful. I fortuitously rediscovered it among my shelves while I was slogging through a morale-sapping plateau late last year. The Advanced Program was decidedl......more

Goodreads review by Obi on November 11, 2014

I'm a pretty fit guy. Have been working out consistently for about 13 years now. But for the past few years I'd been doing mainly body weight exercises. So when my friend urged me to get back into weight training, this book came with a high recommendation. It's very thorough and taught me a lot abou......more

Goodreads review by Jess on December 28, 2015

Awesome book. Has an introductory section with lots of information about how muscles are built and then has a HUGE illustrated section with different exercises broken down by muscle group. Finally it has three 6-month workout programs-beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Simply awesome.......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on March 29, 2020

I didn't like this book. What first put me off is the fact that the illustrations did not show the various depth of the muscles. And I also didnt like the writing style. It sounded way too fraternal and not proffesional enough.I want to point out that Ian King is not a physiotherapist or or a doctor......more