androids dream of electric sheep was written in 1968.
androids dream of electric sheep was written in 1968.
when was do androids dream of electric sheep written?
1968
section::::awards and honors.









































bullet::::- 1968nebula award nominee









































bullet::::- 1998locus poll award, all-time best sf novel before 1990 (place: 51)









































section::::see also.









































bullet::::- biorobotics









































section::::further reading.









































bullet::::- first published in "philip k. dick: electric shepherd", norstrilla press. zelazny, roger (1975). "introduction"









































bullet::::- scott, ridley (1982). "blade runner". warner brothers.









































bullet::::- the electric sheep screensaver software is an homage to "do androids dream of electric sheep?".









































bullet::::- do androids dream of electric sheep? at worlds without end
do androids dream of electric sheep?
critical reception of "do androids dream of electric sheep?" has been overshadowed by the popularity of its 1982 film adaptation, "blade runner". of those critics who focus on the novel, several nest it predominantly in the history of philip k. dick's body of work. in particular, dick's 1972 speech "the human and the android" is cited in this connection. jill galvan calls attention to the correspondence between dick's portrayal of the narrative's dystopian, polluted, man-made setting and the description dick gives in his speech of the increasingly artificial and potentially sentient or "quasi-alive" environment of his present. summarizing the essential point of dick's speech, galvan argues,"[o]nly by recognizing how [technology] has encroached upon our understanding of 'life' can we come to full terms with the technologies we have produced" (414). as a "bildungsroman of the cybernetic age," galvan maintains, "do androids dream of electric sheep?" follows one person's gradual acceptance of the new reality. christopher palmer emphasizes dick's speech to bring to attention the increasingly dangerous risk of humans becoming "mechanical". "androids threaten reduction of what makes life valuable, yet promise expansion or redefinition of it, and so do aliens and gods". gregg rickman cites another, earlier and lesser known dick novel that also deals with androids, "we can build you", asserting that "do androids dream of electric sheep?" can be read as a sequel.
do androids dream of electric sheep?