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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1968. First Edition. Arguably Dick's best-known and most widely-read work, a novel set in a post-apocalyptic San Francisco, where Earth's life has been damaged by nuclear war and where most animal species are endangered or extinct. "In a future where technological sophistication has made the ersatz virtually indistinguishable from the real the hero is a bounty hunter who must track down and eliminate androids passing for human. But android animals are routinely passed off as real by people trying to purge human guilt for having exterminated so many living species, and the new messiah is an artificial construct; so where is the difference between the human and the androidal?" (Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 4-173). Levack 12a. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); light grey cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],[3],4-210pp. Base of spine gently nudged, a faint, tiny rubbed spot to lower front cover, with subtle offsetting…

Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is a thought-provoking dystopian novel set in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity grapples with the aftermath of a global catastrophe. Following bounty hunter Rick Deckard, the narrative explores a society where owning a real animal is a status symbol, and artificial creatures (androids) are hunted down. As Deckard pursues rogue androids, he confronts ethical dilemmas and questions the essence of humanity. This introspective journey delves into themes of empathy, artificial intelligence, and the blurred boundaries between human and artificial life, challenging readers to ponder the meaning of existence in a technologically driven world.

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