Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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. 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.
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Book details
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Publication date
- 2008
- Print length
- 229 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780345508553
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In a future ravaged by war and ecological collapse, humans cling to the remnants of life, while artificial beings known as androids blur the line between man and machine. Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter, is tasked with 'retiring' these rogue androids, leading to a gripping exploration of identity and morality.
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Philip K. Dick
“I’d rather be a human than a machine.”
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