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Preview: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #1

 
Monday July 13, 2009 10:45:20 am
170
pulls
(W) Phillip K. Dick (A) Tony Parker
Covers: A) Dennis Calero, B) Bill Sienkiewicz, C) Scott Keating, D) Moritat (retailer incentive)
Format: FC, LIMITED SERIES
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
On Sale: July 15, 2009
Price: $3.99
Views: 3972
Product ID: APR090725
 

Description

The book that inspired the film Blade Runner comes to BOOM! with backmatter by Warren Ellis! Visionary sci-fi author Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? has been called 'a masterpiece ahead of its time, even today' and served as the basis for the Ridley Scott film Blade Runner. San Francisco lies under a cloud of radioactive dust. The World War killed millions, driving entire species to 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 fakes: horses, birds, cats, sheep - even humans. Rick Deckard is an officially sanctioned bounty hunter tasked to find six rogue androids - they're machines, but look, sound, and think like humans, clever, and most of all, dangerous humans. Rick Deckard, Pris, The Voight-Kampff Test, Nexus 6 androids, the Tyrell Corporation: join BOOM! Studios as the complete novel transplanted into the comic book medium, mixing all new panel-to-panel...
 
 

Comments

bnewell1 (1 month ago)
 
I can't wait to read this...almost makes me wish I wasn't on vacation...maybe I'll buy a vacation copy to tie me over until I can get to the shop.
 
 

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