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Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?: The inspiration behind Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049
Philip K. Dick
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Description for Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?: The inspiration behind Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049
Paperback. Philip K. Dick's classic SF novel, which was adapted as the film BLADE RUNNER. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
World War Terminus had left the Earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalked, in search of the renegade replicants who were his prey. When he wasn't 'retiring' them with his laser weapon,
he dreamed of owning a live animal - the ultimate status symbol in a world all but bereft of animal life.
Then Rick got his chance: the assignment to kill six Nexus-6 targets, for a huge reward. But in Deckard's world things were never that simple, and his assignment quickly turned into a nightmare kaleidoscope of subterfuge and deceit - and the threat of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780220383
SKU
V9781780220383
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99-96
About Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) was born in Chicago but lived in California for most of his life. He went to college at Berkeley for a year, ran a record store and had his own classical-music show on a local radio station. He published his first short story, BEYOND LIES THE WUB in 1952. Among his many fine novels are THE ... Read more
Reviews for Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?: The inspiration behind Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more