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Novels, Philip K Dick, Post Apocalyptic, Sci Fi

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was a 1968 novel by Philip K Dick. The novel’s protagonist is Rick Deckard, a man who hunts sentient androids for profit on a ruined, irradiated earth where the majority of the population have emigrated to Mars. Animals are mostly extinct, and extremely valuable; Rick can only afford an electric sheep, not the real thing. The book explores the nature of the soul, the value of animals, and what constitutes a human being.

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Memory, Novels, Philip K Dick, Sci Fi, Unreliable Narrator

Time Out of Joint by Philip K Dick

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Time Out of Joint by Philip K Dick

Ragle Gumm is an ordinary man lives with his sister’s family in a sleepy suburban 1950s town. He makes a living by winning a newspaper contest over and over again. He dallies with his neighbour and plots where the Little Green Man will be Next, but starts to realise all is not well. This is how Time out of Joint, by Philip K Dick, begins.

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