false 62423689 130569 7082 0345404475 9780345404473 826 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255642700m/7082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255642700s/7082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7082.Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep_ 4.01 11323 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 to retire them. But cornered, androids tended to fight back, with deadly results.

"[Dick] sees all the sparkling and terrifying possibilities ... that other authors shy away from."
-Paul Williams
Rolling Stone]]> 4764 3.88 55233 4035 1968 4 0 false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 20:08:52 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 20:09:50 -0700 2009
Like many sci-fi novels you have to guess as much as the book tells you about where you are and what is going on, but it's balanced.

It's a great book.]]>