Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?: The Best of the SF Masterworks - S.F. Masterworks (Paperback)
Philip K. Dick (author)Published: 27/10/2022
World War Terminus devastated the Earth. 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.
The opportunity of a lifetime: kill six Nexus-6 targets, for a huge reward. But 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 . . .
Voted in a Locus poll as one of the 100 pre-1990 SF Novels, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep spawned two blockbuster movies. Philip K. 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.
'A masterclass in sci-fi wonderment' - Empire
'One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction' - The Sunday Times
Welcome to The Best Of The Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781399607742
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 187 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 24 mm
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One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction, Dick made most of the European avant-garde seem like navel-gazers in a cul-de-sac - Sunday Times
My literary hero - Fay Weldon
For everyone lost in the endlessly multiplicating realities of the modern world, remember: Philip K. Dick got there first - Terry Gilliam
A masterclass in sci-fi wonderment - Empire
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