Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
adapted as "Blade Runner"
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Non-series
Philip K. Dick
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN-10: 1-59853-009-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-59853-009-4
Published: January 1968
Synopsis: 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.
Additional notes: The information link is to an compilation of four of the author's novels.
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Blade Runner
Ridley Scott, Director
Theatrical release date: 06/25/1982
DVD release date: 03/26/1997
Studio: Warner Bros.
Cast: Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), Rachael (Sean Young), Gaff (Edward James Olmos), Bryant (M. Emmet Walsh), Pris (Daryl Hannah), J.F. Sebastian (William Sanderson), Leon Kowalski (Brion James), Eldon Tyrell (Joe Turkel), Zhora (Joanna Cassidy), Hannibal Chew (James Hong),
Rating: R
Running time: 117 minutes
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