Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

作者 Philip K. Dick著
出版社 Random House
出版时间 1996年5月
ISBN 9780345404473
定价 112.10

内容简介

DoAndroidsDreamofElectricSheep?waspublishedin1968.Grimandforeboding,eventodayitisamasterpieceaheadofitstime.By2021,theWorldWarhadkilledmillions,drivingentirespeciesintoextinctionandsendingmankindoff-planet.Thosewhoremainedcovetedanylivingcreature,andforpeoplewhocouldn'taffordone,companiesbuiltincrediblyrealisticsimulacrae:horses,birds,cats,sheep...Theyevenbuilthumans.EmigréestoMarsreceivedandroidssosophisticateditwasimpossibletotellthemfromtruemenorwomen.Fearfulofthehavoctheseartificialhumanscouldwreak,thegovernmentbannedthemfromEarth.Butwhenandroidsdidn'twanttobeidentified,theyjustblendedin.RickDeckardwasanofficiallysanctionedbountyhunterwhosejobwastofindrogueandroids,andtoretirethem.Butcornered,androidstendedtofightback,withdeadlyresults.

作者简介

PhilipK.Dick(1928-1982)wasborninChicagobutlivedinCaliforniaformostofhislife.HewenttocollegeatBerkeleyforayear,ranarecordstoreandhadhisownclassical-musicshowonalocalradiostation.Hepublishedhisfirstshortstory,'BeyondLiestheWub'in1952.AmonghismanyfinenovelsareTheManintheHighCastle,TimeOutofJoint,DoAndroidsDreamofElectricSheep?andFlowMyTears,thePolicemanSaid.