Electric Dreams

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781328995094

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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams by Philip K. Dick Pdf

From the iconic author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, stories that inspired the original dramatic series. Though perhaps most famous as a novelist, Philip K. Dick wrote more than one hundred short stories over the course of his career, each as mind-bending and genre-defining as his longer works. Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams collects ten of the best. In “Autofac,” Dick shows us one of the earliest examples (and warnings) in science fiction of self-replicating machines. “Exhibit Piece” and “The Commuter” feature Dick exploring one of his favorite themes: the shifting nature of reality and whether it is even possible to perceive the world as it truly exists. And “The Hanging Stranger” provides a thrilling, dark political allegory as relevant today as it was when Dick wrote it at the height of the Cold War. Strange, funny, and powerful, the stories in this collection highlight a master at work, encapsulating his boundless imagination and deep understanding of the human condition. Praise for Philip K. Dick “In his top form, Philip K. Dick rivals Kurt Vonnegut.”—New York Times “Dick is one of the ten best American writers of the twentieth century, which is saying a lot. Dick was a kind of Kafka steeped in LSD and rage.”—Roberto Bolaño

Author : George Smoot,Keay Davidson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780061344442

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Wrinkles in Time by George Smoot,Keay Davidson Pdf

Astrophysicist George Smoot spent decades pursuing the origin of the cosmos, "the holy grail of science," a relentless hunt that led him from the rain forests of Brazil to the frozen wastes of Antarctica. In his search he struggled against time, the elements, and the forces of ignorance and bureaucratic insanity. Finally, after years of research, Smoot and his dedicated team of Berkeley researchers succeeded in proving the unprovable—uncovering, inarguably and for all time, the secrets of the creation of the universe. Wrinkles in Time describes this startling discovery that would usher in a new scientific age—and win Smoot the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Author : Ted Friedman
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780814727393

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Electric Dreams by Ted Friedman Pdf

Electric Dreams turns to the past to trace the cultural history of computers. Ted Friedman charts the struggles to define the meanings of these powerful machines over more than a century, from the failure of Charles Babbage’s “difference engine” in the nineteenth century to contemporary struggles over file swapping, open source software, and the future of online journalism. To reveal the hopes and fears inspired by computers, Electric Dreams examines a wide range of texts, including films, advertisements, novels, magazines, computer games, blogs, and even operating systems. Electric Dreams argues that the debates over computers are critically important because they are how Americans talk about the future. In a society that in so many ways has given up on imagining anything better than multinational capitalism, cyberculture offers room to dream of different kinds of tomorrow.

Author : Jim'll Paint It
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780571315567

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Electric Dreams by Jim'll Paint It Pdf

You name it. I'll paint it. On Paint. Jim'll Paint It is an enigma. As he says on his wildly successful Tumblr and Facebook pages: Got something in your brain that you'd really like to see with your eyes? Just ask and if I like the sound of it I'll paint it for you using incredibly high tech and sophisticated MS Paint software. Generating hundreds of thousands of requests, Jim has painted everything from Brian Blessed punching a polar bear to Mary and Joseph being turned away from a Premier Inn by Lenny Henry. Here for the first time are the selected works of one of the finest and most popular artists of our day.

Author : Caroline Kettlewell
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0786712716

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Electric Dreams by Caroline Kettlewell Pdf

Presents the story of a North Carolina high school whose students successfully built an award-winning electric car.

Author : Philippe de Lespinay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578853582

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Slot Car Dreams by Philippe de Lespinay Pdf

320 pages of slot car history with 750 photos - soft cover

Author : Steven Keslowitz
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476678689

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The Digital Dystopias of Black Mirror and Electric Dreams by Steven Keslowitz Pdf

This critical examination of two dystopian television series--Black Mirror and Electric Dreams--focuses on pop culture depictions of technology and its impact on human existence. Representations of a wide range of modern and futuristic technologies are explored, from early portrayals of artificial intelligence (Rossum's Universal Robots, 1921) to digital consciousness transference as envisioned in Black Mirror's "San Junipero." These representations reflect societal anxieties about unfettered technological development and how a world infused with invasive artificial intelligence might redefine life and death, power and control. The impact of social media platforms is considered in the contexts of modern-day communication and political manipulation.

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781328995063

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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams by Philip K. Dick Pdf

Short stories originally published from 1953 to 1955.

Author : Simon Stålenhag
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501181436

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The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag Pdf

NPR Best Books of 2018 A teen girl and her robot embark on a cross-country mission in this illustrated science fiction story, perfect for fans of Ready Player One and Black Mirror. In late 1997, a runaway teenager and her small yellow toy robot travel west through a strange American landscape where the ruins of gigantic battle drones litter the countryside, along with the discarded trash of a high-tech consumerist society addicted to a virtual-reality system. As they approach the edge of the continent, the world outside the car window seems to unravel at an ever faster pace, as if somewhere beyond the horizon, the hollow core of civilization has finally caved in.

Author : Tom Lean
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781472918352

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Electronic Dreams by Tom Lean Pdf

How did computers invade the homes and cultural life of 1980s Britain? Remember the ZX Spectrum? Ever have a go at programming with its stretchy rubber keys? How about the BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, or Commodore 64? Did you marvel at the immense galaxies of Elite, master digital kung-fu in Way of the Exploding Fist or lose yourself in the surreal caverns of Manic Miner? For anyone who was a kid in the 1980s, these iconic computer brands are the stuff of legend. In Electronic Dreams, Tom Lean tells the story of how computers invaded British homes for the first time, as people set aside their worries of electronic brains and Big Brother and embraced the wonder-technology of the 1980s. This book charts the history of the rise and fall of the home computer, the family of futuristic and quirky machines that took computing from the realm of science and science fiction to being a user-friendly domestic technology. It is a tale of unexpected consequences, when the machines that parents bought to help their kids with homework ended up giving birth to the video games industry, and of unrealised ambitions, like the ahead-of-its-time Prestel network that first put the British home online but failed to change the world. Ultimately, it's the story of the people who made the boom happen, the inventors and entrepreneurs like Clive Sinclair and Alan Sugar seeking new markets, bedroom programmers and computer hackers, and the millions of everyday folk who bought in to the electronic dream and let the computer into their lives.

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123332103

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Human Is? by Philip K. Dick Pdf

As our culture becomes ever more fluid, the world is finally catching up with even the most bizarre of Philip K. Dick's imaginings. Twenty five years after his death we are living in his world, as this collection of his best short fiction illustrates.

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Androids
ISBN : 1615233598

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Pdf

By 2021, the Terminus War had driven mankind off-planet and entire species into extinction. Now only the rich can afford living creatures; others may buy amazingly realistic simulacrae: horses, cats, sheep ... Even humans. These artificial people are so advanced it's impossible to tell them from true men and women--except for their lack of empathy. Without empathy, androids can--and do--kill their owners and blend into society, so they're illegal on Earth. It's Rick Deckard's job to find these rogues and "retire" them. But "andys" tend to fight back--with deadly results.

Author : David Redhead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015058245013

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Electric Dreams by David Redhead Pdf

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443442732

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Exhibit Piece by Philip K. Dick Pdf

Twenty-second century historian George Miller is completely dedicated to his job studying the history and culture of the twentieth century, and has even created an accurate replica of a twentieth-century dwelling. But when George investigates an odd noise in the exhibit, he stumbles upon a strange reality existing inside of his replica. Philip K. Dick was an American science-fiction novelist, short-story writer and essayist. His first short story, “Beyond Lies the Wub,” was published shortly after his high school graduation. Some of his most famous short stories were adapted for film, including “The Minority Report,” “Paycheck,” “Second Variety” (adapted into the film Screamers) and “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” (adapted into the film Total Recall). HarperCollins brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperCollins short-stories collection to build your digital library.

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Ulverscroft Collections
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12
Category : Humanity
ISBN : 1444839527

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Electric Dreams by Philip K. Dick Pdf

A man at a train station first requests a destination which does not exist - then winks out of existence in a moment. The captain of an interstellar travel ship is hired to take a passenger to Earth - that legendary planet which never existed. A cynical father refuses to purchase a bomb shelter for his family - though his son is terrified of perishing in an upcoming war. The wife of a man recently returned from a different planet is convinced his mind has been taken over by some other being - but finds this new husband much preferable to the old one...