Do androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick, Andy Hopkins, Joc Potter

Overview

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.San Francisco lies under a cloud of radioactive dust. People live in half-deserted buildings, and keep electric animals as pets because many real animals have died. Most people emigrate to Mars - unless they have a job to do on Earth. Like Rick Deckard - android killer for the police and owner of an electric sheep. This week he has to find, identify, and kill six escaped androids. They''re machines, but they look and sound and think like humans - clever, dangerous humans. The film Blade Runner was based on this famous novel.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780194792226
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/28/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.28(d)
Lexile:	490L (what's this?)

About the Author

Considered one of the most influential science fiction minds of the 20th century, Philip K. Dick's works have been the inspiration behind some of the most popular and successful films of all time, including BLADE RUNNER, TOTAL RECALL, and MINORITY REPORT. A Hugo Award winner for his book THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, Philip K. Dick went on to change the face of science fiction literature with his body of work including DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, A SCANNER DARKLY, UBIK and more. Philip K. Dick passed away in 1982. Rising superstar artist Tony Parker is best known for his work on WARHAMMER 40,000: FIRE AND HONOUR, WARHAMMER 40,000: DEFENDERS OF ULTRAMAR, and the WARHAMMER AGE OF RECKONING MMORPG graphic novel.