Do androids dream of electric sheep?: the inspiration for the Blade runner films

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 bui...

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Main Author: Dick, Philip K. 1928-1982 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Del Ray 2017
Edition:Del Rey Trade paperback edition
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Summary: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 retire them. But cornered, androids tended to fight back, with deadly results
Item Description:"A Del Rey trade paperback"-- Cover. - "Originally published in paperback by Doubleday and Company, Inc., in 1968"--Title page verso
Physical Description:224 Seiten 21 cm
ISBN:9780345404473