Do androids dream of electric sheep? / Philip K. Dick.

Author
Dick, Philip K. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First Ballantine books trade paperback edition.
Published/​Created
  • New York : Ballantine Books, 1996.
  • ©1968
Description
x, 244 pages ; 21 cm

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    The inspiration for Blade Runner. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published in 1968. Grim and foreboding, even today it is a masterpiece ahead of its time. By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep. . . They even built humans. Emigrees to Mars received androids so sophisticated it was impossible to tell them from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans could wreak, the government banned them from Earth. But when androids didn't want to be identified, they just blended in. Rick Deckard was an officially sanctioned bounty hunter whose job was to find rogue androids and retire them. But cornered, androids tended to fight back, with deadly results.
    Notes
    • "A Del Rey book."
    • Reprint. Originally published as Electric shepherd by Norstrillia Press, ©1968.
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    Also issued online.
    Other title(s)
    Blade runner (Motion picture)
    ISBN
    • 0345404475 ((pbk.))
    • 9780345404473 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    96096117
    OCLC
    34818133
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