Blade Runner 2029 Vol. 3: Redemption


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The officially sanctioned graphic novel sequel to the cult 1982 science fiction movie Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott. Written by the New York Times Bestselling author Mike Johnson, writer of Star Trek, Supergirl, Transformers and Green Lantern. It is 2029. Renegade Replicant leader Yuton’s call to arms to all Replicants has seen the city of LA ravaged by urban warfare and terrorist attacks, culminating in the destruction of the iconic headquarters of the LAPD Police Department. Now Ash and her lover, Fresya (leader of the Replicant Underground) are on the run, hounded by Blade Runners and Yuton’s followers. And with time running out for both sides, Ash finds herself on a collision course with Yotun.




Blade Runner 2029 Volume 3


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Los Angeles, 2029. The city is under siege from Yotun’s enhanced Replicant army. Its seawall defences lie shattered, the LAPD Tower stands ablaze, and the streets run wild with Replicants rebelling against their human masters. Meanwhile, Blade Runner Ash, now reunited with her Replicant lover Freysa, has become a target of suspicion for the Blade Runner Division. As time begins to run out for Ash, she finds herself in a desperate battle to stop Yotun once and for all before she herself is brought to justice… The concluding chapter to the Blade Runner 2029 saga. Collects Blade Runner 2029 #9-12. "We're authentically back in the dystopian world of Blade Runner, and I couldn't be happier. 9 out of 10." - Sci-Fi Bulletin "One of the best uses of a licensed franchise in comic book form." - Multiversity Comics




Blade Runner 2029 #1


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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.




Blade Runner 2029 1-3 Boxed Set


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Return to the world of Blade Runner with this, the officially sanctioned box-set of the comic book series based on the cult 1982 science fiction movie Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott. Includes 3 stunning art cards! Voted Best Licensed Comic 2021 by Multiversity Comics This boxed set edition collects all three volumes of the Blade Runner 2029 - the second year of the Blade Runner saga. Set ten years after the first year's critically acclaimed series, these three volumes see Blade Runner Ash return to the rain-soaked streets of a slowly crumbling Los Angeles to hunt down renegade Replicants. But this time ASH now has a new agenda that, if discovered, will make her the enemy of humanity. Collects together Blade Runner 2029 Vol 1: Reunion, Blade Runner 2029 Vol 2: Echoes, Blade Runner 2029 Vol 3: Redemption BLADE RUNNER 2029 VOL 1: REUNION Los Angeles, 2029. Aahna 'Ash' Ashina is back with the LAPD BLADE RUNNER UNIT and determined to save as many Replicants as she can. When Ash is confronted by an old adversary, one long believed dead, she is drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a Replicant unlike any she has ever faced before - a Replicant with no fear of death and with a dream to finish off what the Blackout started in 2022... BLADE RUNNER 2029 VOL 2: ECHOES Following the REPLICANT uprising, Ash is now a prisoner of the Replicant YOTUN - a genetically defective NEXUS 6 who has somehow managed to outlive his four-year lifespan. With Yotun's guerrilla army of fanatical Replicants now in control of the city, Ash must find a way of escaping and stopping Yotun before he burns the city to the ground and kills the woman she loves. BLADE RUNNER 2029 VOL 3: REDEMPTION Yotun has started to succumb to the ravages of time, and even the regular blood transfusions from his loyal supporters has started to fail. As the city fights back to take control from the Replicant rebel army, Yotun races to locate an old diary of ELDON TYRELL that he believes holds the key to his final victory.




Blade Runner 2029 #12


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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. Those who escaped to Earth were hunted by Blade Runner Units, ordered to kill any trespassing Replicant upon detection. In 2022, a Replicant attack on the Tyrell Corporation forced the company into bankruptcy and erased all records of existing Replicants. The surviving Nexus 8 models disappeared with the help of the Replicant Underground. Many Replicants remained in servitude, In 2027, Aahna “Ash” Ashina, rejoined the Blade Runner department, although her superiors are unaware that her lover, Freysa, is a leader in the Replicant Underground. The Replicant rebellion instigated by Yotun, a Nexus 6 Replicant who somehow lived beyond his four-year lifespan, has failed. The rejuvenating elixir that Yotun used to enhance his followers has failed too, resulting in their mass deaths. Now Yotun himself has started to succumb to the ravages of time, and even the regular blood transfusions from his loyal supporters no longer work. Convinced that an old diary of Eldon Tyrell holds the key to his survival, Yotun has set off to Eldon’s birthplace in search of a mysterious box that he believes holds the secret to extending his life. Meanwhile, Ash has been outed as a double-agent working for the Replicant Underground by Blade Runner Marlowe and arrested by the LAPD.




Interspecies Reviewers Comic Anthology


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A loving tribute to the monster brothel adventurers of Interspecies Reviewers, this anthology includes art and comics by talented Japanese creators including Okayado, ZTon, and Gashigashi!




The Technological and Economic Future of Nuclear Power


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This open access book discusses the eroding economics of nuclear power for electricity generation as well as technical, legal, and political acceptance issues. The use of nuclear power for electricity generation is still a heavily disputed issue. Aside from technical risks, safety issues, and the unsolved problem of nuclear waste disposal, the economic performance is currently a major barrier. In recent years, the costs have skyrocketed especially in the European countries and North America. At the same time, the costs of alternatives such as photovoltaics and wind power have significantly decreased.




Blade Runner 2039 Volume 3


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THE ASH SAGA CONCLUDES! Twenty years ago, Aahna “Ash” Ashina was the LAPD’s most efficient and deadly Blade Runner, hunting Replicants with a zeal unrivalled. Now, two decades later, Ash lives as a fugitive helping Replicants escape their enslaved servitude and survive undetected on Earth. Convinced that the secret of Replicant reproduction lies hidden in the DNA of Cleo Selwyn, a young woman whom Ash helped to escape back in 2019, Niander Wallace has unleashed his Replicant protegee, Luv – LAPD’s first Replicant Blade Runner, and a clone of Ash in her prime to bring them to him dead or alive. For twenty years, Ash has been running. Today, she stops… Collects Blade Runner 2039 #9-12 “Johnson’s plotting, pacing and dialog are excellent, and Guinaldo’s art is outstanding.” – Comical Opinions.




Bluefall


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When the creator of the powerful virtual Universe, “Circus” is murdered, LAPD detective JULIAN AMBROSE delves into the virtual world to find the killer and uncover the global financial conspiracy behind his death.




Online Communication


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Online Communication provides an introduction to both the technologies of the Internet Age and their social implications. This innovative and timely textbook brings together current work in communication, political science, philosophy, popular culture, history, economics, and the humanities to present an examination of the theoretical and critical issues in the study of computer-mediated communication. Continuing the model of the best-selling first edition, authors Andrew F. Wood and Matthew J. Smith introduce computer-mediated communication (CMC) as a subject of academic research as well as a lens through which to examine contemporary trends in society. This second edition of Online Communication covers online identity, mediated relationships, virtual communities, electronic commerce, the digital divide, spaces of resistance, and other topics related to CMC. The text also examines how the Internet has affected contemporary culture and presents the critiques being made to those changes. Special features of the text include: *Hyperlinks--presenting greater detail on topics from the chapter *Ethical Ethical Inquiry--posing questions on the nature of human communication and conduct online *Online Communication and the Law--examining the legal ramifications of CMC issues Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers interested in the field of computer-mediated communication, as well as those studying issues of technology and culture, will find Online Communication to be an insightful resource for studying the role of technology and mediated communication in today's society.