| Description |
224 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
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 retire them. But cornered, androids tended to fight back, with deadly results |
| Notes |
"A Del Rey trade paperback"-- Cover |
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"Originally published in paperback by Doubleday and Company, Inc., in 1968"--Title page verso |
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Also issued online |
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Androids -- Fiction.
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Bounty hunters -- Fiction.
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City and town life -- 21st century -- Fiction.
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Life on other planets -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111424
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| Genre/Form |
Science fiction.
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Science fiction.
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Dystopian fiction.
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Dystopian fiction.
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| Author |
Reprint of (manifestation): Dick, Philip K.
Electric shepherd
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| ISBN |
9780345404473 (paperback) |
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0345404475 (paperback) |
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