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

Author/creator Dick, Philip K. author.
Format Book
EditionFirst Ballantine books trade paperback edition.
PublicationNew York : Ballantine Books, 1996.
Copyright Date©1968
Descriptionx, 244 pages ; 21 cm
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Subject 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.
General note"A Del Rey book."
General noteReprint. Originally published as Electric shepherd by Norstrillia Press, ©1968.
Other formsAlso issued online.
Issued in other formOnline version: Dick, Philip K. Do androids dream of electric sheep? 1st Ballantine Books trade pbk. ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 1996, ©1968
Genre/formScience fiction.
Genre/formScience fiction.
Genre/formScience fiction.
Genre/formFiction.
Genre/formScience fiction.
Genre/formScience fiction.
Other title Blade runner (Motion picture)
LCCN 96096117
ISBN0345404475 (pbk.)
ISBN9780345404473 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks PS3554.I3 D6 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold