Blade Runner 2029 #12

Blade Runner 2029 #12

Author: Mike Johnson

Publisher: Titan Comics

Published: 2022-02-09

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1787738817

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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.


Blade Runner 2019 #12

Blade Runner 2019 #12

Author: Michael Green

Publisher: Titan Comics

Published: 2020-11-18

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1787733335

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Having successfully helped Cleo and her surrogate Replicant mother Isobel escape Off-world, Blade Runner Aahna Ashina, ‘Ash’, has returned to Los Angeles to hunt down business tycoon, Alexander Selwyn. While investigating a possible lead, Ash was apprehended by the LAPD, but before she could be taken into custody she was freed by members of the Replicant Resistances who spirited her away to a remote farmhouse where she met their leader, Freysa. While Freysa repaired Ash’s damaged backbrace, the farmhouse was attacked by Selwyn’s own personal Blade Runner, Hythe, who had tracked Ash to the farmhouse following a tipoff. A gun battle broke out, giving Freysa and Ash time to escape back to the city. There, Freysa revealed that the Replicant Resistance had tracked down Selwyn’s location. With her backbrace fully repaired, Ash set off back to Selwyn’s Santa Barbara mansion, to find him waiting for her with a squad of Hythe Replicants…


Blade Runner 2029 #1

Blade Runner 2029 #1

Author: Michael Green

Publisher: Titan Comics

Published: 2020-12-16

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1787733351

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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 2039 #12

Blade Runner 2039 #12

Author: Mike Johnson

Publisher: Titan Comics

Published: 2024-04-17

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1787740587

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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. Twenty years ago, 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. Today, her saga will end.


Blade Runner Origins #12

Blade Runner Origins #12

Author: K. Perkins

Publisher: Titan Comics

Published: 2022-06-08

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1787739120

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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, in the hazardous exploration and colonization of other planets. On Earth, Tyrell continued to experiment with further enhancements – because progress stops for no man. LAPD Detective Cal Moreaux has discovered that the suicide of Dr. Lydia Kine was actually an elaborate ruse constructed by the Tyrell Corp engineer so she could live freely as a Replicant named Asa. Dr. Kine’s latest experiment – the escaped Nexus 5 prototype – initially received the blame for her death, however Cal has discovered the truth – the identity of the Nexus 5’s host consciousness: his sister, Nia Moreaux. More existentially advanced than the others, Nia has been “awakening” some Replicants in the slums of Los Angeles, causing them to leave their positions of servitude in pursuit of autonomy. Tyrell Corp executive, Ilora Stahl has been charged with the Nexus 5’s capture, and she will stop at nothing to protect her job and the company’s brand in spite of the growing chaos. Two months have passed since Ilora launched an all-out attack against the Sector-6B slums and Cal finally confronted his sister Nia Moreaux, investigator of he Replicant uprising that lead to the Battle for Sector 6B…


Blade Runner 2019: Artist's Edition

Blade Runner 2019: Artist's Edition

Author: Michael Green

Publisher: Titan Comics

Published: 2021-01-27

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1787737241

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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.


Blade Runner 2019 #7

Blade Runner 2019 #7

Author: Michael Green

Publisher: Titan Comics

Published: 2020-03-25

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1787733270

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Aahna “Ash” Ashina, a former Blade Runner from Los Angeles, is one of the only survivors of a Replicant attack on a remote Off-world mining colony. Ash was protecting young Cleo Selwyn, a.k.a. Rabbit, who was rescued from the slaughter by the Replicant Padraic. Cleo and Padraic accompany the Replicants to Ramanuja Station, a nexus of Off-world trade routes. Ash is found in the colony wreckage by Hythe, a new Blade Runner who carries a warrant for Ash’s arrest for the murder of Cleo’s mother Isobel years before. But rather than take Ash into custody, Hythe offers to reinstate her as a Blade Runner and restores her cybernetic back brace, in return for Ash’s help in tracking down Cleo. Ash accepts.


Blade Runner 2019 #3

Blade Runner 2019 #3

Author: Michael Green

Publisher: Titan Comics

Published: 2019-09-18

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 178773322X

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Blade Runner Aahna ‘Ash’ Ashina of the Los Angeles Police Department has been assigned to investigate the disappearance of Isobel and Cleo Selwyn, the wife and daughter of business tycoon, Alexandra Selwyn. Using data retrieved from Isobel’s abandoned Spinner, Ash followed Isobel’s trail and found herself confronting a replicant who had genetically ‘aged himself up’ as an old man to avoid detection. Ash shot and wounded him after he attacked her, but he was still able to escape, telling Ash, as he fled, to: “Ask Alexander Selwyn why he wants his daughter dead.” Meanwhile, Isobel and Cleo have made contact with an underworld community that lives beneath the streets of Los Angeles and its leader, Malik, who also runs an underground railway that helps Replicants to escape. After Ash reported back to Selwyn on the progress of her investigation, her own Spinner was attacked in mid-air by another craft, which sent her crashing and burning towards the streets of the city below…


Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049

Author: Timothy Shanahan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-09-23

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0429862490

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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.


More Than Machines?

More Than Machines?

Author: Laura Voss

Publisher: transcript Verlag

Published: 2021-02-28

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 383945560X

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We know that robots are just machines. Why then do we often talk about them as if they were alive? Laura Voss explores this fascinating phenomenon, providing a rich insight into practices of animacy (and inanimacy) attribution to robot technology: from science-fiction to robotics R&D, from science communication to media discourse, and from the theoretical perspectives of STS to the cognitive sciences. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, and backed by a wealth of empirical material, Voss shows how scientists, engineers, journalists - and everyone else - can face the challenge of robot technology appearing »a little bit alive« with a reflexive and yet pragmatic stance.