Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

1968 • 223 pages

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Average rating3.9

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A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade Runner

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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Fascinating world, good twists. I just didn't fully grasp the tail end of the book, especially in regard to Mercerism.

March 9, 2013

This book was really great. I read it in less than a week, so you know it was good lol. Check out my review here. https://youtu.be/C-tNajEs-cE

March 6, 2020

It surely has some historical value, but I didn't like the book, it is build on stereotypes and I feel it a lot like perpetuating hate speech.

November 10, 2016

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