Cover for Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Novel

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

1968

Also published as: Blade Runner

About this book

On a damaged, sparsely populated Earth, bounty hunter Rick Deckard pursues androids almost indistinguishable from humans. His assignment unsettles his understanding of empathy, artificial life, and what makes a person human.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Jun 20, 1966

    Composition: no later than Jun 20, 1966

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Jun 20, 1966

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Jun 20, 1966

  3. Mar 1968

    First published Mar 1968

    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep · Doubleday