1968 DoAndroidsDreamofElectricSheep

(Dick, 1968) ⇒ Philip K. Dick. (1968). “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.” Doubleday.

Subject Headings: "Blade Runner" (1982), Philosophical Fiction, Noir Fiction, Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human, Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic.

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It can explore themes of personal identity and what being human means, questioning the moral and ethical implications of artificial intelligence.
It can be set in a post-apocalyptic San Francisco, reflecting concerns about environmental degradation and societal collapse.
It can follow Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter tasked with "retiring" rogue androids, juxtaposing his moral dilemmas against the survival instincts of the androids.
It can feature John Isidore, a secondary character with diminished mental capacity, representing marginalized individuals in society and their unexpected contributions to the narrative.
It can introduce the concept of "kipple," a term for the useless junk that accumulates in a world where entropy prevails, symbolizing the decay of human civilization.
It can include the empathy box and the religion of Mercerism, which play crucial roles by providing a shared experience and a sense of community in a fragmented world.
It can serve as the inspiration for the iconic 1982 film "Blade Runner" and its 2017 sequel "Blade Runner 2049," both of which expanded and reinterpreted the novel's themes and setting.

(Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep? Retrieved:2024-6-11.
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (retrospectively titled Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in some later printings) is a 1968 dystopian science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. It is set in a post-apocalyptic San Francisco, where Earth's life has been greatly damaged by a nuclear global war, leaving most animal species endangered or extinct. The main plot follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter who has to "retire" (i.e. kill) six escaped Nexus-6 model androids, while a secondary plot follows John Isidore, a man of sub-par IQ who aids the fugitive androids.
  The book served as the basis for the 1982 film Blade Runner and, even though some aspects of the novel were changed, many elements and themes from it were used in the film's 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049.

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	Author	volume	Date Value	title	type	journal	titleUrl	doi	note	year
1968 DoAndroidsDreamofElectricSheep	Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)			Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?						1968