Blade Runner: Based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Blade Runner Series, Book 1
1 of 1 copy available
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
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Release date
November 27, 2007 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781415936795
- File size: 265220 KB
- Duration: 09:12:32
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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Society still functions in 2021, but radiation contamination from World War Terminus has left a deteriorating world. Citizens are encouraged to move to Mars, where colonists are given androids to assist them. No androids are allowed on Earth, but some escape servitude and hide among Earth's population. When that happens, it's Rick Deckard's job to find and "retire" them. Scott Brick narrates this science fiction classic at a slow, deliberate pace, reflecting the melancholy that permeates this bleak dystopia. His voicing of the characters is where the production really shines, from the conflicted bounty hunter to the doomed androids. And the halting speech of Isidore, a slightly deranged radiation casualty, almost steals the show. If you've seen the movie, now it's time to hear the book. S.D. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine -
January 28, 2008
In Dick's futuristic dystopian novel, life has become a tenuous existence for those who have stayed behind after the war and exodus to other planets. Rick Deckard struggles as a bounty hunter in San Francisco to destroy a new breed of androids nearly undetectable to humans. However, he finds himself battling with empathy for the supposed lifeless beings—especially when he must team up with one to achieve his goal. Dick blends the detective story with science fiction and a bit of philosophy. Brick is a perfect match for one of Dick's most memorable novels. He maintains Deckard's grittier disposition and a range of other human and inhuman characters, but also provides the inflection and morose tones found in the story's more somber moments. Not all of his female voices are completely believable. However, one of Brick's most gifted abilities lies in his quivering voice used throughout for emphasis and mood. A Del Rey paperback.
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