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Beschreibung

From the mind of Philip K. Dick, the visionary author behind blockbuster films like Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report, comes a gripping tale of humanity's future, The Golden Man.

Dive into a post-apocalyptic world where powerful mutants, once hunted to near extinction, now threaten the human race itself.

Meet Cris, the enigmatic golden-skinned mutant with a mind-bending talent for foresight, cornered by a relentless government agency whose sole purpose is to eradicate his kind. But as the agency's determined agent and his conflicted fiancée close in on their quarry, they'll discover that not everything in this world is black and white. As the alluring beauty of Cris' golden skin and extraordinary powers inspire unexpected desires, the line between hunter and prey begins to blur. In a desperate struggle for survival, where animal instinct challenges the very essence of humanity, the future hangs in the balance. But with great power comes great responsibility, and Cris' abilities set him on a path that could forever alter the trajectory of human evolution.

In this thrilling, genre-defining classic by Philip K. Dick, experience a captivating tale that poses intriguing questions about the very nature of humanity and its destiny.

From the mind of Philip K. Dick, the visionary author behind blockbuster films like Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report, comes a gripping tale of humanity's future, The Golden Man.

Dive into a post-apocalyptic world where powerful mutants, once hunted to near extinction, now threaten the human race itself.

Meet Cris, the enigmatic golden-skinned mutant with a mind-bending talent for foresight, cornered by a relentless government agency whose sole purpose is to eradicate his kind. But as the agency's determined agent and his conflicted fiancée close in on their quarry, they'll discover that not everything in this world is black and white. As the alluring beauty of Cris' golden skin and extraordinary powers inspire unexpected desires, the line between hunter and prey begins to blur. In a desperate struggle for survival, where animal instinct challenges the very essence of humanity, the future hangs in the balance. But with great power comes great responsibility, and Cris' abilities set him on a path that could forever alter the trajectory of human evolution.

In this thrilling, genre-defining classic by Philip K. Dick, experience a captivating tale that poses intriguing questions about the very nature of humanity and its destiny.

Über den Autor
Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) was one of the most influential science fiction writers of the twentieth century. His work explored reality, identity, memory, paranoia, authoritarian power, artificial intelligence, media manipulation, and the instability of ordinary life under technological and political pressure. He wrote dozens of novels and more than a hundred short stories, creating a body of fiction that has become central to modern science fiction and to the broader cultural [...]'s best-known works include The Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik, A Scanner Darkly, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, and many influential short stories. His fiction has inspired films and television adaptations including Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, and The Man in the High Castle. Long after his death, Dick remains essential for readers interested in the blurred line between the real and the manufactured, the human and the artificial, the sane and the visionary.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781473305663
ISBN-10: 1473305667
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Dick, Philip K.
Hersteller: Read & Co. Classics
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 4 mm
Von/Mit: Philip K. Dick
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.05.2013
Gewicht: 0,085 kg
Artikel-ID: 120644557