Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Everyone knows the movie, now learn about the story!
Our Review
Published January 7, 2011
As Now Playing Podcast reviews all Philip K. Dick screen adaptations, Stuart also explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers. This week, Stuart takes a look at the seminal 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the dystopian detective novel that gave birth to the Harrison Ford/Ridley Scott classic movie Blade Runner.
Book Synopsis
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment--find them and then..."retire" them. Trouble was, the androids all looked exactly like humans, and they didn't want to be found!
Book Details
- Author
- Philip K. Dick
- Published
- 1968
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Pages
- 210
- ISBN
- 9785041141585
- Genres
- Androids, Bounty hunters, open_syllabus_project, Rick Deckard (Fictitious character), Twenty-first century
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