Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: Dust To Dust
Written by Chris Roberson.
Art by Robert Adler.
A science-fiction publishing event!
Who hunted androids before Rick Deckard? Taking place immediately after World War Terminus ends, the problems with artificial life – androids – become apparent. The government decides they must become targets, hunted down, but who will do the dirty work? Two men are assigned:
- Malcolm Reed, a ‘special’ human with the power to feel others’ emotions, and
- Charlie Victor, who’s the perfect man for the job – or is he?
Meanwhile Samantha Wu, a Stanford biologist, fights to save the last of the world’s animals.
John W. Campbell Memorial Award-nominee Chris Roberson writes the prequel to John W. Campbell Memorial Award-winner Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Original Novel
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick first published in 1968. The main plot follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter of androids, while the secondary plot follows John Isidore, a man of sub-normal intelligence who befriends some of the androids.
The novel is set in a post-apocalyptic near future, where the Earth and its populations have been damaged greatly by Nuclear War during World War Terminus. Most types of animals are endangered or extinct due to extreme radiation poisoning from the war. To own an animal is a sign of status, but what is emphasized more is the empathic emotions humans experience towards an animal.
Deckard, the protagonist, is faced with retiring six escaped Nexus-6 model androids, the latest and most advanced model. Because of this task, the novel explores the issue of what it is to be human. Unlike humans, the androids possess no empathic sense. In essence, Dick probes the existence of defining qualities that separate humans from androids.
The book’s plot served as the primary basis for the 1982 film Blade Runner.
| Cover #1a Trevor Hairsine |
Cover #1b Benjamin Carre |
Cover #1c Julian Totino Tedesco |
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A Peek into Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Comic Book Specifics
Genres: Action-Adventure, Science-Fiction
Genres: Sci-Fi
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Availability: Now My Comic Book Shop
UPC: 84428400155700111
For ages: 13+
Page Count: 32
Details: Full color
Prices
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