Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Dick, Philip K. . Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968. New York: NAL, 1969. Rpt. as Blade Runner™ (for main title), New York: Dell Rey-Ballantine, 1982. (We examined the 19th printing, 1991.) Produced as a graphic novel in a limited series from BOOM! Studios, 2009.

A man who hunts renegade androids for bounty discovers that he himself is becoming dehumanized by his job.

Note mechanical replicant animals, the "mood organ" for programing (for a relatively brief time) human moods and emotions), and "the empathy box" in the story-within-the story of Wilbur Mercer, for which see Richard Viskovic's critical essay, "The Rise and Fall of Wilbur Mercer."

Source for R. Scott's BLADE RUNNER (q.v. under Drama).

Updated by RDE, Initial Compiler, 6Feb19, 1Sep19