For as long as we’ve had visions of utopia and perfect bliss, we’ve also envisioned the opposite. Mad scientists, thought police, totalitarian governments…in these grim versions of the future, there’s no shortage of villains. Always, however, the real culprit is human nature. If you enjoyed recent dystopian reads like The Hunger Games trilogy and California, check out the dystopian classics […]
"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.
Emigrées 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
"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.
Emigrées 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
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner)
240Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner)
240Paperback(Reissue)
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780345404473 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 05/28/1996 |
Edition description: | Reissue |
Pages: | 240 |
Sales rank: | 299 |
Product dimensions: | 5.46(w) x 8.23(h) x 0.49(d) |
Age Range: | 14 Years |
Customer Reviews
Explore More Items
The sixth book in the NYT bestselling Expanse series, Babylon's Ashes has the galaxy in full revolution, and it's up to the crew of the Rocinante to make a desperate mission to the gate network and
The fifth novel in James S.A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series. Now a major television series on Syfy!
A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land rush in human history has
In a future where death is embraced, a time-traveling doctor is the only one who can save a wounded resistance leader.
When Dr. Jim Parsons wakes up from a car accident, he finds himself in a futureAn artist searches for God so he can paint his portrait in Philip K. Dick's collaboration with Roger Zelazny.
After World War III, the Servants of Wrath cult deified the mysterious CarltonThis satirical adventure from Philip K. Dick deals with issues of power, class, and politics, set in a world ruled by big-brained elites.
In Our Friends from Frolix 8, the world is run by an elite
After the twentieth century's devastating series of wars, the world's governments banded together into one globe-spanning entity, committed to peace at all costs. Ensuring that peace is the Vulcan
From the mind of Philip K. Dick, the influential and visionary author behind blockbuster films like Blade Runner, Total Recall, and Minority Report, comes a captivating and suspenseful sci-fi short
From the mastermind behind legendary sci-fi blockbusters like Blade Runner, Total Recall, and Minority Report, comes a thrilling short story that transports you into a treacherous world of
Jack Isidore doesn't see the world like most people. According to his brother-in-law
A powerful and enigmatic alien recruits humans and aliens to help it restore a sunken cathedral in this touching and hilarious novel.
Sometimes even gods need help. In Galactic Pot-Healer that god is