Dick won multiple awards for his works, examining human identity, psychology, conspiracy and paranoia, challenging the idea of objective truth in a manner that remains relevant today. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans can wreak, the government bans them from Earth. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is an example of a science fiction novel that both provokes thought and entertains. Voted in a Locus poll as one of the 100 pre-1990 SF Novels, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep spawned two blockbuster movies. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is set in a dystopian Earth much dilapidated after World War Terminus, most of the populace have already emigrated to the colony on Mars. The opportunity of a lifetime: kill six Nexus-6 targets, for a huge reward.īut in Deckard’s world things aren’t that simple, and his assignment turns into a nightmare kaleidoscope of subterfuge and deceit – and the hunter becomes the hunted. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard searches for the renegade replicants he is sent to ‘retire’, while he dreams of owning a live animal – the ultimate status symbol in a world all but bereft of natural life. It is the basis for the classic film, Blade Runner, and it has inspired. A problem for Deckard since hes an android bounty-hunter who only pauses long enough to go to bed with one of them.
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