Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner) by Philip K. Dick, Roger Zelazny (Introduction)
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(Paperback - Reissue)
- Pub. Date: May 1996
- 256pp
- Sales Rank: 6,551
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: May 1996
- Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
- Format: Paperback, 256pp
- Sales Rank: 6,551
- ISBN-13: 9780345404473
- ISBN: 0345404475
- Edition Description: Reissue
Synopsis
"The most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world."
--John Brunner
THE INSPIRATION FOR BLADERUNNER. . .
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 to retire them. But cornered, androids tended to fight back, with deadly results.
"[Dick] sees all the sparkling and terrifying possibilities. . . that other authors shy away from."
--Paul Williams
Rolling Stone
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Different than the movieby onalake1
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August 04, 2009: I had seen the movie many times so my reading of the book may have been tainted. I loved the movie but thought the book was not quite as entertaining. It was funny how the electric sheep in the book, which was some key and interesting topics, never made it to the movie. It's a short book but moves along ok.
A Great Primer For Dickby monkey3
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April 06, 2009: If you have never read any of Philip Dick's other books, I recommend you start here. Chances are, you have seen the film that was based on this novel (Bladerunner) and this is one of the easiest of his books to get into if you are not familiar with his style. Do not expect a lot of action, as this is a small but heady novel full of intriguing philosophical ideas and biting social commentary. if you like this, move on to Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said or A Scanner Darkly. PK Dick is a real treat for the mind.
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