Blade Runner: Originally published as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Unabridged)
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Publisher Description
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
Customer Reviews
Bladerunner!!
So much world building. A common theme in the movies as well. The author drags you through some of the suffering of humans and the oppression/control put over the androids. Incredible reas.
Blade Runner. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Read the paper back in late 70’s along with follow ups,
2, The Edge of Human
3, Replicant Night
Didn’t know there were 4, Eye of Talon