{"product_id":"do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep-paperback","title":"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip K. Dick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Philip K. Dick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world.\"\u003cb\u003e--John Brunner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A kind of pulp-fiction Kafka, a prophet.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" Philip K. Dick] sees all the sparkling--and terrifying--possibilities . . . that other authors shy away from.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world.\u003cbr\u003e--John Brunner\u003cbr\u003eTHE INSPIRATION FOR BLADERUNNER. . . \u003cbr\u003eDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published in 1968. Grim and foreboding, even today it is a masterpiece ahead of its time.\u003cbr\u003eBy 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. . . \u003cbr\u003eThey even built humans.\u003cbr\u003eEmigrees 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. \u003cbr\u003eRick 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.\u003cbr\u003e\"[Dick] sees all the sparkling and terrifying possibilities. . . that other authors shy away from.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Paul Williams\u003cbr\u003e Rolling Stone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Chicago in 1928, \u003cb\u003ePhilip K. Dick\u003c\/b\u003e would go on to become one of the most celebrated science fiction authors of all time. The author of 44 published novels and 120 short stories, Dick won a Hugo Award in 1963, and a John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1975, and was nominated five separate times for the Nebula Award. Eleven of his works have been turned into films, including \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e A Scanner Darkly\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 1982.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44301132038246,"sku":"9780345404473","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/U3VJRzNrMXhKaTZZaWhzT0c3bkgyZz09.webp?v=1767398125","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}