bettyehollands
Written on Sep 23, 2015
The classic sci-fi novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which inspired two major motion pictures: Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049
By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature, and for people who can’t afford one, companies build incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep. They’ve even built humans. Immigrants to Mars receive androids so sophisticated they are indistinguishable from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans can wreak, the government bans them from Earth. Driven into hiding, unauthorized androids live among human beings, undetected. Rick Deckard, an officially sanctioned bounty hunter, is commissioned to find rogue androids and “retire” them. But when cornered, androids fight back—with lethal force.
Praise for Philip K. Dick
“[Philip K. Dick] sees all the sparkling—and terrifying—possibilities . . . that other authors shy away from.”—Rolling Stone
“A kind of pulp-fiction Kafka, a prophet.”—The New York Times
- ISBN10 1524796972
- ISBN13 9781524796976
- Publish Date 26 September 2017 (first published 12 April 1982)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint Del Rey
- Format Paperback (US Tall Rack)
- Pages 240
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781524796976
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