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Book Review of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner)
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Classic. Read it.

Interesting future setting where artificial intelligence has been mastered to the point where androids are as human as humans and people even own fake A.I. pets. The robot pet that they own is kind of a caste mark or status symbol(an electric sheep is a good pet, so people dream of owning an electric sheep, because it would indicate that they are doing well).

It is what the movie Blade Runner was based on and the book is even sometimes titled as Blade Runner.