Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-13

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00:01:18 1.1 Background
00:03:57 1.2 Plot summary
00:08:18 2 Adaptations
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00:10:17 2.4 Theater
00:10:38 2.5 Comic books
00:11:21 3 Sequels
00:12:03 4 Critical reception
00:15:03 5 Awards and honors
00:15:23 6 See also



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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (retitled Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in some later printings) is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in 1968. The novel is set in a post-apocalyptic San Francisco, where Earth's life has been greatly damaged by nuclear global war. Most animal species are endangered or extinct from extreme radiation poisoning, so that owning an animal is now a sign of status and empathy, an attitude encouraged towards animals. The book served as the primary basis for the 1982 film Blade Runner, and many elements and themes from it were used in its 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049.
The main plot follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter who is tasked with "retiring" (i.e. killing) six escaped Nexus-6 model androids, while a secondary plot follows John Isidore, a man of sub-par IQ who aids the fugitive androids. In connection with Deckard's mission, the novel explores the issue of what it is to be human and whether empathy is a purely human ability.