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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Published 1968 by Doubleday · 210 pages
Nebula · 1969
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Philip K. Dick on these ballots
7 award entries · 6 books · 1 wins · 1963–1983
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Synopsis
In post-apocalyptic San Francisco, bounty hunter Rick Deckard is assigned to kill six escaped Nexus-6 androids who are nearly indistinguishable from humans. His encounters with them undermine the distinction between human and artificial life on which his work depends.
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Details
- Author nationality
- United States
- Adaptation
- Blade Runner (film, 1982)
- ISBN
- 9780345404473