Science fiction, Media Tie-In, Movie, Video Game Adaptations, Adventure, Hard Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Cyberpunk 

The inspiration for Blade Runner. 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 retire them. But cornered, androids tended to fight back, with deadly results.  

Synopsis
A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade Runner now in a sharp new edition with an introduction by New York Times bestselling author Jason M. Hough
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.
Praise for Philip K. Dick
The most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world. John Brunner
A kind of pulp-fiction Kafka, a prophet. The New York Times
Philip K. Dick] sees all the sparkling and terrifying possibilities . . . that other authors shy away from. Rolling Stone" 

Genre/Form: Science fiction
Fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Dick, Philip K.
Do androids dream of electric sheep?
New York : Ballantine Books, 1996, ©1968
(OCoLC)604948768
Material Type: Fiction, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Philip K Dick
ISBN: 0345404475 9780345404473
OCLC Number: 34818133
Notes: "A Del Rey book."
Reprint. Originally published as Electric shepherd by Norstrillia Press, ©1968.
Description: x, 244 pages ; 21 cm
Other Titles: Blade runner (Motion picture)
Responsibility: Philip K. Dick.