Philip K. Dick, the author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, was born in 1928 in Chicago, but he lived most of his life in California. During 1952-1982, Philip wrote 36 novels and 5 short story collections. Philip K. Dick died in 1982 in Santa Monica, California. Philip had a rocky emotional life. He was involved in many bad marriages and was addicted to drugs. He would go through times of great creativity, then fall into times when he wouldn't write at all. With all of Philip K. Dick's ups and downs, he continues to be highly acclaimed in the realm of science fiction, as one of the greatest writers of his style.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, is a science fiction novel, based in the year 2021. The story revolves around a bounty hunter named, Rick Deckard. In these times, the world is covered with debrie from a nuclear fall out. In turn, other colonies were created on planets other than earth. A common place to colonize in these times was Mars. A company by the name of the Rosen Association, makes humanoid androids. These androids are made to perform undesirable labor. Occasionally these androids escape and attempt to bl

The plot of the book involves seven new, Nexus-6 androids who have escaped from Mars to Earth. These androids all came together, to San Francisco. The Nexus-6 android design is a state of the art design, with an extremely high intelligence level and the ability to adapt into human environments. After Rick Deckard's mentor, Dave Holden, was injured in the pursuit of these androids, Rick took over the assignment. Rick almost gets killed right off the bat by one of the androids, Polokov, who goes under cover and approaches Rick. After this, Rick knew that these androids would be difficult to retire (kill). Throughout this day, Rick encounters new challenges with each individual android. As a bounty hunter, Rick issues a test to identify an android. The test is called the Voigt-Kampff scale. Rick speculates if it is effective on the new Nexus-6 androids. He travels to the manufacturer, the Rosen Association, in Seattle, Washington for confirmation on the test. There he meets a young, Nexus-6 named Rachel Rosen. She later becomes a love affair with Rick, which creates a rift in his thoughts about androids. He begins to have empathy for androids, which slows down his reactions as a bounty hunter. Rick retires three of the Nexus-6 androids in the first part of the day, and then tries to settle down. He buys a real sheep for himself, hoping to ease his concios, which is tearing him up inside.

I found Dick's story to be an interesting story in all aspects. I am not much of a reader, but this story kept an up-beat pace throughout, making it a lot of fun and quick to read. The story's action kept me in anticipation and it had a lot of believable/convincing material. The main character, Rick Deckard, was developed very w

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