Do androids dream of electric sheep retitled blade runner do androids dream of electric sheep in some later printings is a dystopian science fiction novel by american writer philip k dick first published in 1968the novel is set in a post apocalyptic san francisco where earths life has been greatly damaged by a nuclear global war leaving most animal species endangered or extinct. 390 from 1001 books do androids dream of electric sheep blade runner 1 philip k dick do androids dream of electric sheep is a science fiction novel by american writer philip k dick first published in 1968 the novel is set in a post apocalyptic san francisco where earths life has been greatly damaged by nuclear global war. In his classic novel do androids dream of electric sheep philip k dick explores the essence of humanity from the expression of the self empathy and objectivity of moral and social values most people will know of this book as the inspiration for the movie bladerunner which was more of a loss interpretation of settings and themes from the story than an actual adaption normally this . Do androids dream of electric sheep by phillip k dick to maren augusta bergrud august 10 1923 june 14 1967 and still i dream he treads the lawn walking ghostly in the dew pierced by my glad singing through yeats auckland a turtle which explorer captain cook gave to the king of tonga in 1777 died yesterday it was nearly 200 years old the animal called tuimalila died at the royal