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	Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame -- Science Fiction HOF -- Philip K. Dick
		, android animals are marketed to help expiate the guilt people experience because real ones have been virtually exterminated; simultaneously the protagonist must hunt down android humans illegally imported from Mars.
		As the 1970s began, theology gradually segued in Dick's own life into episodes of paranoia and epiphany, climaxing in a religious experience in March 1974 that he spent much of the rest of his life analyzing in the form of an "Exegesis." The finest book of his last years,
	www.sfhomeworld.org /exhibits/homeworld/scifi_hof.asp?articleID=209 (294 words)

	BRmovie.com: What is Blade Runner?
		Based on the excellent book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", by Philip K. Dick, Ridley Scott created Blade Runner as a stunning view of the dark near-future.
		Deckard is a retired Blade Runner- a hunter of 'Replicants', (androids of the future created by the Tyrell Corporation to be "more human than human").
		Although seen as disturbingly bleak when it was first released, as time has moved on, it can now be seen as increasingly prophetic of the way the world is changing.
	www.brmovie.com /What_is_BR.htm (465 words)

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		The Emperor Of Dreams by Clark Ashton Smith
	www.zone-sf.com /wordworks.html (1433 words)

	TechTonic - The Digital Imaginary: Bibliography
		Dick, Philip K., (various books and short stories), Ubiq (1996), Clans of the Alphane Moon (1963), We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (1965), Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
		Dery, Mark, Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End of the Twentieth Century, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1996.
		Grey, Chris Hables, The Cyborg Soldier: The US Military and the Post Modern Warrior, in Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Economy, Free Association Press, London, 1989.
	www.merlin.com.au /techtonic/self/bibliography.htm (1364 words)

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		Just Do It, the Nike spirit in the corporate world
		The ISP Survival Guide, Strategies for running a competitive ISP
	blue.frogfoot.net /me/books (165 words)

	Amazon.com: Blade Runner: Books: Philip K. Dick
		Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is no different, describing an environmental catastrophic event that leads to Earth's ruin, where humans have migrated to offshore colony worlds, where they get a free human cyborg - a replicant, to serve them.
		The original title of this novel is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" It is also sold under the title of "Blade Runner" because the 1982 movie of the same name was based on this novel.
		Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep cannot be easily compared to the following movie, for they are both great in their own way.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345350472?v=glance (2444 words)

	Boing Boing: Sexy Androids, Electric Sheep
		The question here isn't really "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?" so much as "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep-Like Beings With Long, Dextrous Tongues That Make Them Moan In Ecstacy?" It's the short story Philip K. Dick never got around to writing.
	www.boingboing.net /2004/05/26/sexy_androids_electr.html (126 words)

	Electric Sheep 2.6.3 - MacUpdate
		Electric Sheep is a screensaver that owes its name to Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.
		When the screen-saver is activated, the screen goes black and an animated 'sheep' appears [note: sheep = beautiful, fractal based, mpeg2 compressed animations- this does not put hopping sheep all over your screen]..
		Behind the scenes, the screen-saver contacts a server and joins the parallel computation of new sheep.
	www.macupdate.com /info.php/id/13096 (349 words)

	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The protagonist Rick Deckard owned a sheep, which died and was replaced by an electric replica to maintain the illusion of animal ownership.
		The Electric Sheep distributed computing project was inspired by the title of this novel.
		Adherents of Mercerism grip the handles of an electrically powered empathy box, while viewing a monitor which displays patterns that are meaningless until the handles are gripped.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep (2619 words)

	Will Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Richard Wilkerson
		Tofts writes, "Trapped within the enigma of Philip K. Dick's query [Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?] is the conundrum of being.
		Suddenly, the android focuses its attention on the recurrence of sheep, and sends a signal to its database on sheep to provide input, through biofeedback and the lucid dream light technology, and the Android now explores all of the random knowledge it has about electric sheep, querying the dream, as it interacts with the database.....
		The electric sheep would lick the rain-lashed black slate and slowly replenish their run-down batteries.
	www.improverse.com /ed-articles/richard_wilkerson_2003_jul_androids_dreaming.htm (6385 words)

	Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? at Technovelgy.com
		More Ideas and Technology from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
		He ascended to the covered pasture whereon his electric sheep "grazed." Whereon it, sophisticated piece of hardware that it was, chomped away in simulated contentment, bamboozling the other tenants of the building.
		To say "Is your sheep genuine" would be a breach of etiquette.
	technovelgy.com /ct/content.asp?Bnum=125 (475 words)

	disinformation will androids dream of electric sheep?
		My approach to AI and physics of consciousness is much more serious than the question regarding ‘Will androids ever dream of electric sheep?’ As previous chairman of PhysComp 92 and PhysComp 94, it is clear that information (i.e.
		Real sheep too, of course, but maybe electric sheep a bit more than humans do, given the familial relationship between electric man and electric sheep.
		The android’s artificial brain will be functionally equivalent to the human's at the time his mind is 'uploaded.' So if the human had a propensity to dream about sheep, he will continue to do so as an android.
	www.disinfo.com /archive/pages/article/id1109/pg2 (984 words)

	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
		Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is Dick's most well known novel (and rightfully so in my opinion), due to the fact that the movie Blade Runner was based on this story.
		In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep life becomes such a valuable commodity, people use replicants to fill their need to be show compassion.
		The story and drama of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep are perfect for Hollywood but also make intense observations about the nature of life, religion, technology and the human condition.
	www.philipkdickfans.com /androids.htm (1324 words)

	Mystery Guide - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
		The protagonist, Rick Deckard, is in fact an android bounty hunter, and must hunt down and kill the renegade androids that are trying to pass as human.
		Owning a fake live sheep is a possibility also, because android technology has progressed to the point that both animals and humans can be convincingly simulated.
		As a result, the few surviving species are highly prized and extremely expensive -- owning a real live sheep, for example, is an immense status symbol.
	www.mysteryguide.com /bkDickSheep.html (495 words)

	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Summary & Essays - Philip K. Dick
		Sadly, few outside the science fiction community have read the more complex original work that formed the basis for the film, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
		The increasing difficulty of distinguishing androids from humans disturbs Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter called in to "retire" the fugitives.
		In a world where animal life is prized so highly that people buy artificial sheep to tend, why should androids be treated any differently?
	www.enotes.com /androids-dream (398 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? at Epinions.com
		Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep is a must-read for anyone that likes a book that makes you think as well as entertains.
		The other device, which adds a surreal aspect to Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
		Rick Deckard, as a second-string police bounty hunter, isn’t on a great salary so he and his wife own an electric sheep, which was much more affordable than the real thing.
	www.epinions.com /content_63205707396 (1227 words)

	Amazon.ca: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Books
		"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick is a science-fictionary novel which deals with the issue of genuine and artificial life.
		There are a few sloppy points (the mechanical capabilities of the androids are a bit vaguely defined, and once or twice characters talk to themselves for no reason other than to convey plot-points to the audience), but overall I was a very happy reader.
		In it, protagonist Rick Deckhard, a bounty-hunter with the duty of "retiring" escaped androids, runs into uncertainty about his true origin himself.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0345404475 (2178 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Millennium SF Masterworks S): Books
		Humanity yearns to care for, and empathise with, other living creatures, even if they can only dream of caring for a fake electric sheep in a world robbed of real animals.
		But poor Deckard owns an electric sheep, which looks like the real thing, but is little more than an object of shame.
		What Deckard really needs to do is retire (kill) a group of six androids who have come to Earth from Mars to escape their bondage and live in freedom.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1857988132 (1326 words)

	Do androids dream of electric sheep? - DiscussAnything.com -
		If you can (or will) answer these questions, or have any of your own electric sheep questions of your own, please post in here.
		the electric sheep has quite an influence on our lives.one day we shall all be electric.
		Can you over cook and electric sheep, can an electric sheep go swimming?
	www.discussanything.com /forums/showthread.php?t=50653 (456 words)

	Just Finished Reading DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? - The CHUD.COM Message Boards
		Anyone know if there is a hardcover edition of DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?
		Just Finished Reading DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?
		Just finished the book today in between the craploads of other books I have to read for my two english classes, and by far, this is the best book I have read ALL SEMESTER.
	www.chud.com /forums/showthread.php?t=43341 (743 words)

	fUSION Anomaly. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
		electricsheep.org - "the name electric sheep comes from the Philip K. Dick novel...
	fusionanomaly.net /doandroidsdreamofelectricsheep.html (96 words)

	xstasis - do androids dream of electric sheep?
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	www.xstasis.org /x5/x5-2door.htm (18 words)

	Dick: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
		The androids in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
		Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter, plans to kill enough errant androids (replicants) so he can replace his robotic sheep with a real one.
		Would robots want their freedom if they became just like humans?
	www.umich.edu /~engb415/literature/cyberzach/Dick/elecsheep.html (394 words)

	Do Sheep Run in Electric Dreams?
		Today, a double feature: back-to-back reviews of Blade Runner and its source, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
		Philip K. Dick: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
		Part 5 of an occasional series of essays presenting more verbiage on books too much has been said about already
	www.zompist.com /android.html (394 words)

	androids - OneLook Dictionary Search
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	www.onelook.com /?w=androids (116 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Millennium SF Masterworks S): Books
		But poor Deckard owns an electric sheep, which looks like the real thing, but is little more than an object of shame.
		The book is more subtle than the film, and includes a lot of Dicks subtle examination of the human condition, which, over the years, had led him to accurately predict several technological innovations to come, not because he was up on technology, but because he knew the sort of thing we'd end up doing.
		So, given that we are now cloning sheep, I would suggest mood-machines and Androids are on the way.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1857988132 (1402 words)

	Replicas (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Whilst the album’s setting and lyrics were directly inspired by the science fiction of Philip K. Dick, particularly his seminal work Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
		Both Manson and Foo Fighters released versions of "Down in the Park" whilst "Are 'Friends' Electric?" has been covered by a number of artists and was most recently the backing for Sugababes' "Freak Like Me".
		Numan has always played tracks from this album on stage with "Me! I Disconnect from You", "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Down in the Park" being mainstays, whilst "Praying to the Aliens" and "Replicas" have also lately become part of his live repertoire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Replicas (494 words)

	Fiction Reviews by James Schellenberg
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		Tapping the Dream Tree by Charles de Lint
	www.home.golden.net /~csp/cd/reviews/fiction_author.htm (494 words)

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