Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick

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Secret journals

Nazism Gestapo - Higher Police


1970s
Publication
World War II
1951
Influence Speculative science fiction
Nexus - 6 Characters 1968
Androids / Robots
1928 - 1982 Postmodernist science fiction Psychological Fantasy

Voigt-Kampff Test
Science fiction USA
1950s - 1960s
Fake Sheep
Philip K. Dick Global conflict
Atomic and nuclear bomb
Fake Toad
Good versus Evil
Owl Controversial
Context Vietnam War
Symbols
Threats Factions tension
Mercerism Political hostility Legal action
Cold War influence
Persecution and prosecution
Empathy Box Harass / punish to injure

Empathy Machines or humans


...things
Do Androids Dream
Human Nature
of Electric Sheep? Isolation ...beings
Humans or machines

Complex relationships By Phillip K. Dick Themes Alive - living ...monsters ???


Motifs

Fear animals Science and Technology


Disorder Automata
Rick Deckard
Mrs. Maggie Klugman Robots Robotics Cybernetics
Eldon Rosen Memories
Buster Friendly John Isidore
Rachel Rosen Parallel between human nature, reality, and knowledge
Complex psychological relationships
Ann Marsten Max Polokov
Social, metaphysical, and theological concerns
Capitalism
Mrs. Oilsen Luba Luft
Connection Beliefs Moral and Morality
Pris Stratton
Police sergeant
Characters
American Dream
Mr. Ackers Roy Baty Irmgard Baty
Disorder - Chaos Entropy

Phil Resch Bill Harbour

Hannibal Sloat Harry Bryant

Stagehand Milt Borogrove

Miss French Announcer

Wilbur Mercer
Switchboard operator

Amanda Werner Officer Crams

Garland
Dave Holden
Happy Dog pet shop salesman

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