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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345404473
ISBN: 0345404475
Label: Del Rey
Manufacturer: Del Rey
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: May 28, 1996
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date: May 28, 1996
Sales Rank: 4065
Studio: Del Rey
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"The most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world."
--John Brunner
THE INSPIRATION FOR BLADERUNNER. . .
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published in 1968. Grim and foreboding, even today it is a masterpiece ahead of its time.
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 to retire them. But cornered, androids tended to fight back, with deadly results.
"[Dick] sees all the sparkling and terrifying possibilities. . . that other authors shy away from."
--Paul Williams
Rolling Stone
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Awesome book, if you like Blade runner you'll love this. (I'm assuming most people saw the movie before reading the book)
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Excellent book -- one of about 15 novels that maintains a place on our shelves (next to about 200 nonfiction titles). Don't make judgements based on the video Coca-cola advertisement version ... very different.
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This book arrived well before the expected date and was a great buy. I will be buying from them again.
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I remember reading this 15 years ago and not caring for it, but on a whim I dusted it off and gave it another go. I'm glad I did.
It's no secret that this book is the inspirational source for the movie Blade Runner. I suspect most people will read this having already seen movie, and will quite likely be let down by the book -- which almost certainly was my original reaction. This is understandable, but to actually "like" this book it is necessary to avoid this trap and basically forget ... Read More
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Not the best stuff but not the worst. World would be less without it though.
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