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The artificial intelligence called Vulcan 3 ruled the human race, more than a ma-chine, less than a god. It had lifted mankind out of the dark pre-Machine ages. It had ended war, unemployment and poverty . . . but it had not ended the most corrosive of fears, the fear of Vulcan 3 itself. At first those who feared it were dismissed as crackpots and religious fanatics. Then the world learned what terror meant as the deadly, gleaming messengers of death appeared, soaring through the air to strike down friends and foes of Vulcan 3 alike. Who ruled them? What was the strange force that wielded-- VULCAN'S HAMMER
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- PublisherACE
- Publication date1960
- ISBN 10 0441866085
- ISBN 13 9780441866083
- BindingPaperback
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Vulcan's Hammer: Battle of the Brain Machines
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Ace Books, New York, 1972
ISBN 10: 0441866085
ISBN 13: 9780441866083
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Ace, May 1972. Mass Market Paperback. Ace Books 86608. 75¢. First stand-alone publication. No date of publication. First printing (No additional printings listed). No ISBN. Very Good. Light creasing and a .25 inch tear to front cover (see photos). Interior is tanned, but unmarked. Spine is straight and very tight. Not from a library. 154 pages. Counter Objective, unbiased and hyperrational, the Vulcan 3 should have been the perfect ruler. The omnipotent computer dictates policy that is in the best interests of all citizens?or at least, that is the idea. But when the machine, whose rule evolved out of chaos and war, begins to lose control of the "Healer" movement of religious fanatics and the mysterious force behind their rebellion, all Hell breaks loose. Written in 1960, Philip K. Dick's paranoid novel imagines a totalitarian state in which hammer-headed robots terrorize citizens and freedom is an absurd joke. William Barrios, the morally conflicted hero, may be the only person who can prevent the battle for control from destroying the world?if, that is, he can decide which side he's on. Seller Inventory # RWARE0000001708
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