Blade Runner
Originally published as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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Blade Runner
Narrated by:
Scott Brick
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Narrated by:
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Scott Brick
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Written by:
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Philip K. Dick
About this listen
By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature, and for people who can’t afford one, companies build incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep. They’ve even built humans. Immigrants to Mars receive androids so sophisticated they are indistinguishable from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans can wreak, the government bans them from Earth. Driven into hiding, unauthorized androids live among human beings, undetected. Rick Deckard, an officially sanctioned bounty hunter, is commissioned to find rogue androids and “retire” them. But when cornered, androids fight back—with lethal force.
Praise for Philip K. Dick
“[Philip K. Dick] sees all the sparkling—and terrifying—possibilities . . . that other authors shy away from.”—Rolling Stone
“A kind of pulp-fiction Kafka, a prophet.”—The New York Times©1968 Philip K. Dick; (P)2007 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.
The premise is simple 6 androids have escaped from Mars to hide in a post apocalyptic Earth and our hero Rick Deckard a bounty hunter is contracted to find and kill these androids.
The book is excellent and deals themes of humanity, empathy, the human nature of androids, status symbols, isolation etc.
The voice performance by Scott Brick captures the weariness of the main character Deckard and the bleak atmosphere of the novel as human beings try to live in a radiates post nuclear war Earth.
Highly recommended for science fiction fans and those liked the movie but the book is quite different from the film.
Powerful Science Fiction on nature of humanity
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