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Louis Rosen and his partners sell people--ingeniously designed, historically authentic simulacra of personages such as Edwin M. Stanton and Abraham Lincoln. The problem is that the only prospective buyer is a rapacious billionaire whose plans for the simulacra could land Louis in jail. Then there's the added complication that someone--or something--like Abraham Lincoln may not want to be sold.
Is an electronic Lincoln any less alive than his creators? Is a machine that cares and suffers inferior to the woman Louis loves--a borderline psychopath who does neither? With irresistible momentum, intelligence, and wit, Philip K. Dick
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Manufacturer: Vintage
Release date: 31 May 1994
ISBN-10 : 067975296X | ISBN-13: 9780679752967
Release date: 31 May 1994
ISBN-10 : 067975296X | ISBN-13: 9780679752967
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"4.1. The premise and the first half are actually pretty good, since it's all about robots, but the story falls apart quickly."
Darth Brutus rated this 4/10 4 years, 11 months ago