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" The two faces of tomorrow / "
story by James P. Hogan ; art and adaptation by Yukinobu Hoshino ; translation, Frederik L. Schodt and Toren Smith ; lettering and retouch, Tomoko Saito.
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BL
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973119
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b727489
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| Main Entry
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Hoshino, Yukinobu.
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| Title & Author
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The two faces of tomorrow /\ story by James P. Hogan ; art and adaptation by Yukinobu Hoshino ; translation, Frederik L. Schodt and Toren Smith ; lettering and retouch, Tomoko Saito.
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| Publication Statement
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Milwaukie, OR :: Dark Horse Manga,, ©2006.
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572 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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1593075634
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: 9781593075637
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An adaptation of the novel by James P. Hogan, which was originally published in 1979. This volume collects issues one through thirteen of the Dark Horse comic book series, which was published 1997-1998.
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| Contents
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Prologue -- Stop net functions? -- Mobilization -- "Instinct," then "common sense" -- Battle plan -- Pulling the plug -- Evolution -- A bridge to power -- A failure of strategy -- Drone vs. drone -- Dropout -- Battle's end? -- "Casualty report: fifty-seven dead ..." -- Emergency red -- G-mmu -- Last chance? -- To Detroit -- The assault -- The final obstacle -- Breakup -- The limit? -- Strategy -- Reconciliation -- The wonderful face of tomorrow -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Space Colony Janus diagram.
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Midway through the Twenty-first century, an integrated global computer network manages much of the world's affairs. A proposed major software upgrade -- an artificial intelligence -- will give the system an unprecedented degree of independent decision-making power, but serious questions are raised in regard to how much control can safely be given to a non-human intelligence. In order to more fully assess the system, a new space-station habitat -- a world in miniature -- is developed for deployment of the fully operational system, named Spartacus. This mini-world can then be "attacked" in a series of escalating tests to assess the system's responses and capabilities. If Spartacus gets out of hand, the system can be shut down and the station destroyed ... unless Spartacus decides to take matters into its own hands and take the fight to Earth.
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Artificial intelligence, Comic books, strips, etc.
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Computers, Comic books, strips, etc.
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Fifth generation computers, Comic books, strips, etc.
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Artificial intelligence.
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Computers.
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Fifth generation computers.
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| Dewey Classification
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741.5/952
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PN6790.J34T86 2006
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Hogan, James P.
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