Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

The Inspiration for the Films Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049

Philip K. Dick, Roger Zelazny

Random House Worlds · Print & ebook · May 28, 1996

A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade Runner One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet.

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Who it’s for
An edgy, immersive sci-fi read with a famously slippery afterglow.
Genres
Cyberpunk, Dystopian, Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
Published
Random House Worlds, May 28, 1996

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A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade Runner One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years 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 built incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep.

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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 “The most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world.”—John Brunner “A kind of pulp-fiction Kafka, a prophet.”—The New York Times “[Philip K. Dick] sees all the sparkling—and terrifying—possibilities . . . that other authors shy away from.”—Rolling Stone

Sharp Edges

An edgy, immersive sci-fi read with a famously slippery afterglow.

Come here for

  • Blade Runner adjacency
  • cold, kinetic, slightly bruised sci-fi

Expect

  • apocalyptic atmosphere
  • hard-edged speculation

Where it sits

Cyberpunk74%
Dystopian59%
Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic56%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Sci-Fi Adventure
  • Hard Sci-Fi
  • Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
Authors
Philip K. Dick, Roger Zelazny
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Published
May 28, 1996
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Sci-Fi Adventure