Download or read book Blade Runner 2019 5 written by Michael Green and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in the 21st Century, the Tyrell Corporation advanced robot evolution into the Nexus phase – a being virtually identical to a human – known as a replicant. After a bloody mutiny by a Nexus 6 combat team in an Off-World colony, Replicants were declared illegal on Earth – under penalty of death. Special police squads – Blade Runner Units – had orders to shoot to kill, upon detection, any trespassing replicant. In 2019, the Blade Runner Aahna “Ash” Ashina rescued Cleo Selwyn, daughter of agribusiness tycoon Alexander Selwyn, from a plot to give the girl to the Tyrell Corporation for genetic experimentation. Ash and Cleo left Los Angeles and disappeared. In 2022, Replicant production was banned altogether. Remaining Nexus 8 units were permitted to live out their lifespans in service to their owners in the colonies. Off World, 2026.

Download or read book Blade Runner 2029 1 written by Michael Green and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2020-12-16 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in the 21 Century, the Tyrell Corporation advanced Robot evolution to the Nexus phase – a being virtually identical to a human – known as a Replicant. Replicants were used Off-World as slave labor, in the hazardous exploration and colonization of other planets. Replicants who escaped and returned to Earth were hunted by special police squads – Blade Runner Units – with orders to kill any trespassing Replicant upon detection. In 2022, radical elements with the Replicant Underground detonate an EMP device over Los Angeles, destroying Tyrell Corporation’s Nexus databases, and making it easier for escaped Replicants to resettle on Earth. Soon, all Replicants are banned and the Tyrell Corporation declares bankruptcy. In 2027, Aahna ‘Ash’ Ashina, a former Blade Runner rejoined the department to hunt down fugitive Replicants. Her superiors are unaware that her loyalties are divided.

Download or read book Blade Runner 2 written by K. W. Jeter and published by Spectra. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: K.W. Jeter picks up the tale of Rick Deckard, the `blade runner' created by Phillip K. Dick and popularized by Ridley Scott's cult classic film. Consistent with the sordid vision of 21st century Los Angeles crafted by Dick and Scott, Jeter creates a stylish piece of thrilling, futuristic suspense that finds Deckard not only in the role of hunter, but also hunted. Again, Deckard is on the trail of an replicant, not knowing that it may be the most elusive and dangerous android of all.

Download or read book Blade Runner Origins 5 written by K. Perkins and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2021-08-18 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in the 21st Century, the Tyrell Corporation advanced Robot evolution into the Nexus phase – a being virtually identical to a human – known as a Replicant. Replicants were used Off-world as slave labor, in the hazardous exploration and colonization of other planets. Now, on Earth, the Nexus 4 Replicants have been adapted for societal elites to own for industry and service work. But Tyrell continues to experiment with further enhancements. Because progress stops for no man. Recently, the dangerous escaped Nexus5 has appeared in The Slums – Det. Cal Moreaux’s old neighborhood. Tyrell Corp executive Ilora Stahl shot and killed Effie, a junior bioengineer, for withholding information on the Nexus 5 program. In an attempt to control Cal, Ilora threatened to burn down The Slums in one week if Cal didn’t recover the rogue Replicant. Fully understanding how deep the rot goes, Cal left the force in protest over the corrupt relationship between the LAPD and the Tyrell Corporation. Now a rogue agent himself, but still tethered to the Nexus 5 mission, Cal has requested the help of Asa, a Replicant with the simulated consciousness of senior bioengineer Dr. Lydia Kine, because time on Ilora’s threat is running out…

Download or read book Blade Runner 2019 Volume 2 written by Michael Green and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2020-09-16 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2019, the Blade Runner known as Aahna ‘Ash’ Ashina rescued Cleo Selwyn, daughter of business tycoon Alexandra Selwyn, from a plot to give the girl to the Tyrell corporation for genetic experimentation. Ash and Cleo escaped Los Angeles and disappeared. Now, seven years later and living under assumed identities, Ash and Cleo have resurfaced on one of the Off-world mining colonies. But Cleo’s father has never stopped looking for them, sending out dozens of bounty hunters and search parties to kill Ash and bring his daughter home. Now, following a bloody Replicant mutiny, Ash and Cleo have become separated and a ruthless new Blade Runner called Hythe has Ash dead in her sights. Collects Blade Runner 2019 #5-8. “10 out of 10. A must-read title.” – Bleeding Cool

Download or read book Blade Runner 2019 Free Comic Book Day written by Michael Green and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2020-08-26 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in the 21 Century, the Tyrell Corporation advanced robot evolution into the Nexus phase – a being virtually identical to a human – known as a Replicant. The early Nexus models were intended to reassure the public – and corporate interests – that Replicants were viable replacements to perform jobs considered too hazardous or mundane for humans. In Los Angeles, a child was diagnosed with a rare spinal affliction. Her mother departed for an Off-World colony, hoping to find employment to support her daughter back home. She was never heard of again. The grown of Off-world colonies fuelled the rapid development and construction of new Nexus models. By the time Nexus 5 Replicants were ready, they were superior in strength and agility, and at least equal in intelligence, to the genetic engineers who created them. The girl was raised by her grandmother. Over time, she learned to survive on the crowded streets of Los Angeles, among those too poor and infirm to leave Earth. After a bloody mutiny by a Nexus 6 combat team in an Off-world colony, Replicants were declared illegal on Earth – under penalty of death. Special police squads – Blade Runner units – had orders to shoot and kill, upon detection, any trespassing Replicant. The girl, now grown, calls herself ASH. She is the most capable Blade Runner in the city.

Download or read book Blade Runner 2039 5 written by Mike Johnson and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2023-07-26 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Replicants are bioengineered humans, once designed by the Tyrell Corporation for use Off-world. After a series of violent rebellions, their manufacture was prohibited, and Tyrell Corp went bankrupt. Niander Wallace acquired the remains of Tyrell Corp and created a new line of Replicants who obey. A Replicant underground survives, led by the former combat model Freysa and her human partner Aahna Ashina, known as Ash, formerly a Blade Runner. Twenty years ago, in 2019, Ash spared the Replicant Isobel Selwyn, a Replicant replica of industrialist Alexander Selwyn’s wife. Together with Alexander’s human daughter, Cleo, Isobel escaped to the off-world colonies. Now Isobel has gone missing, rumored to be back on Earth and Cleo has returned to find her. Searching for the late Alexander Selwyn’s research into Replicant physiology Niander Wallace has sent his creation Luv, the first Replicant Blade Runner, to hunt down both Cleo and Isobel. Believing that Isobel holds the secret to Replicant fertility, Wallace has ordered Luv to capture the girl at any cost and to kill anyone who comes into contact with her. Meanwhile, Ash has been given a computer disc by Alexander’s former Replicant bodyguard Hythe, which Ash discovers contains the information Wallace is looking for. Cleo sought out Ash, however, Luv tracked them both down before Ash could help her find Isobel. Ash gave Luv a blank disc claiming it was what Wallace was after before escaping in a Spinner and heading off to join Freysa. Thwarted, Luv returned to Wallace who introduced her to a Replicant created from the DNA of Ash and codenamed Rash…

Download or read book Blade Runner 2019 1 written by Michael Green and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2019-07-17 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in the 21st Century, the TYRELL CORPORATION advanced robot evolution to the NEXUS phase – creating artificial beings virtually identical to humans – known as REPLICANTS. Superior in strength and agility, the Replicants functioned primarily as Off-world slave labor or in hazardous, high-collateral combat situations. After replicants were declared illegal on Earth, special police operatives – called BLADE RUNNERS – had orders to kill or ‘RETIRE’ any trespassers upon detection. Detective AAHNA ASHINA of the Los Angeles Police Department was one of the first to qualify for the assignment. Her colleagues called her ASH. She was the best of them. Los Angeles, 2019

Download or read book Blade Runner Origins Volume 1 written by K. Perkins and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2021-08-18 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles, 2009 When the body of a Tyrell Corporation scientist working on an experimental new type of Replicant is discovered in her laboratory, an apparent suicide, LAPD detective Cal Moreaux is assigned to the case. Determined to find the truth behind the seemingly routine suicide, he encounters a deadly conspiracy within the Tyrell Corporation itself. Set ten years before the events of the critically acclaimed Blade Runner 2019 comic book series and the original Ridley Scott film, this in-canon prequel sees the birth of the Blade Runner department and introduces a new hero to the Blade Runner pantheon. Featuring stunning art by Fernando Dagnino and Marco Lesko, and a grippng story by K. Perkins & Mellow Brown, and Mike Johnson. “It is simply perfect! An absolute must-have for Blade Runner and cyberpunk fans alike.” – Big Comic Page “From the distinct cityscape to the 1920s look of the police station, it looks perfect. Top marks to the art team.” – The Pullbox

Download or read book Blade Runner 2019 Volume 1 written by Mike Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Blade Runner 2019 Volume 1 Los Angeles written by Michael Green and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the rain-soaked dystopian future of Los Angeles comes a new saga set in the world of Blade Runner. LAPD’s best Blade Runner and detective, Aahna ‘Ash’ Ashina, has been assigned to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Isobel and Cleo Selwyn, the wife and daughter of business tycoon Alexander Selwyn – a close personal friend of Eldon Tyrell. Ash’s search will take her on a journey deep into the crime-ridden underbelly of Los Angeles – a slowly decaying megacity – as she uncovers a terrible secret and a desperate conspiracy that forces her to confront her own hatred for Replicants – the synthetic humans – that she hunts and kills with such vengeance. Collects Blade Runner 2019 #1-4. “Blade Runner 2019 hits the ground running in what looks to be a must-read new entry in the franchise.” – AIPT! “A worthy new Blade Runner tale with a new, very interesting lead character.” – Newsarama

Download or read book Blade Runner 2019 Artist s Edition written by Michael Green and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2021-01-27 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling new saga set in the instantly recognizable, neo-noir world of Blade Runner. The LAPD’s top Blade Runner, Aahna ‘Ash’ Ashina, has been assigned to investigate the sudden disappearance of the wife and daughter of powerful business tycoon, Alexander Selwyn – a close personal friend of Eldon Tyrell. Ash’s search will take her on a dark, violent journey deep into the crime-ridden underbelly of an alternative, rain-soaked future Los Angeles, where she uncovers a horrifying secret and a desperate conspiracy… Showcasing the breathtaking black and white artwork of Andres Guinaldo, this exclusive artist’s edition presents issues 1-4 of the smash-hit Blade Runner 2019 series in a truly unique way. Includes never-before-seen concept sketches, issue thumbnails, and an exclusive interview with Guinaldo, conducted by Blade Runner 2019 writers, Michael Green and Mike Johnson.

Download or read book Blade Runner Origins Volume 2 written by K. Perkins and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2022-02-16 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles, 2009. Someone is triggering psychotic breakdowns in the NEXUS 4 REPLICANT population, sending once obedient servants on homicidal rampages. Ex-LAPD Detective Cal Moreaux has been ordered to hunt down and kill the instigator. Tasked by the Tyrell Corp executive Ilora Stahl to find a rogue Nexus 5 prototype, believed to be responsible for the attacks, Cal’s hunt has brought him back to the slum sector of LA where he and his sister grew up. Now, with time running out, Cal must unlock the shocking secret that led a Tyrell Corp scientist to commit suicide, and stop the renegade Replicant before it can corrupt the entire city. Written by the critically acclaimed writing team of K. Perkins and Mellow Brown, and illustrated by award-winning artist Fernando Dagnino, and colorist Marco Lesko. “A series that perfectly captures the spirit of the Blade Runner universe.” – Comic Book Resources “A riveting mystery that is both familiar and refreshing at the same time.” – Syfy Wire

Download or read book Blade Runner 2019 Volume 2 written by Michael Green and published by . This book was released on 2022-06 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Blade Runner 2019 Volume 3 written by Michael Green and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2021-02-24 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles, 2026. Ex Blade Runner Aahna ‘Ash’ Ashina returns to Los Angeles to settle the score with agribusiness tycoon Alexander Selwyn who had sold his daughter, Cleo, to Eldon Tyrell for genetic experimentation. In a city still suffering from the effects of the Black Out, Ash – once the huntress – is now the hunted, as the LAPD, the underworld, and a rogue group of Replicants search the city looking for her. With no friends and a price on her head, nowhere is safe for Ash. She is forced to turn for help from an unlikely source as she searches for a lead to Selwyn and a bloody reckoning… Collects Blade Runner 2029 #9-12. “An utterly immersive experience… an emotionally engaging story, and exquisite artwork. Don’t miss out on this one.” – Flickering Myth

Download or read book Blade Runner 2049 written by Timothy Shanahan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely acclaimed upon its release as a future classic, Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 is visually stunning, philosophically profound, and a provocative extension of the story in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. Containing specially commissioned chapters by a roster of international contributors, this fascinating collection explores philosophical questions that abound in Blade Runner 2049, including: What distinguishes the authentically "human" person? How might natality condition one’s experience of being-in-the-world? How might shared memories feature in the constitution of personal identities? What happens when created beings transcend the limits intended in their design? What (if anything) is it like to be a hologram? Can artificial beings participate in genuinely romantic relationships? How might developing artificial economics impact our behaviour as prosumers? What are the implications of techno-human enhancement in an era of surveillance capitalism? Including a foreword by Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner 2049: A Philosophical Exploration is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy, film studies, philosophy of mind, psychology, gender studies, and conceptual issues in cognitive science and artificial intelligence.

Download or read book Retrofitting Blade Runner written by Judith Kerman and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of essays looks at the multitude of texts and influences which converge in Ridley Scott's film Blade Runner, especially the film's relationship to its source novel, Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The film's implications as a thought experiment provide a starting point for important thinking about the moral issues implicit in a hypertechnological society. Yet its importance in the history of science fiction and science fiction film rests equally on it mythically and psychologically resonant creation of compelling characters and an exciting story within a credible science fiction setting. These essays consider political, moral and technological issues raised by the film, as well as literary, filmic, technical and aesthetic questions. Contributors discuss the film's psychological and mythic patterns, important political issues and the roots of the film in Paradise Lost, Frankenstein, detective fiction, and previous science fiction cinema.