Hubbard's novella Fear, first published in 1940 when Dick was a child, was a horror story delivered in a way that makes the reader, like the protagonist, feel disjointed from reality itself.
Dick, first published in 1968.
In a letter to Peter Fitting written on June 11, 1970, Dick wrote: “What I am writing is really psychological fantasies, on the order of L.
Another influence on Dick was author Theodore Sturgeon, writer of More Than Human, a surrealistic story of humanity broken into different tiers, one controlling another through telepathic means. A few years after the publication of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the author spoke about man's animate creations in a 1972 famous speech: "The Android and the Human": In the novel, the android antagonists are indeed more human than [the] human protagonist, intentionally.
In particular, Dick's 1972 speech "The Human and the Android" is cited in this connection.
It influenced other genres such as SF-based metal from artists such as Rob Zombie and Powerman 5000. ===Adaptations=== ====Film==== Hampton Fancher and David Peoples wrote a loose cinematic adaptation that became the film Blade Runner, released in 1982, featuring several of the novel's characters.
They continue the story of Rick Deckard and attempt to reconcile many of the differences between the novel and the 1982 film. ==Critical reception== Critical reception of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? has been overshadowed by the popularity of its 1982 film adaptation, Blade Runner.
"If machines are invariably contrived as technological prostheses that are designed to amplify the physical faculties of the body, they are also built, according to this logic, to outdo, to surpass the human in the sphere of physicality altogether". ==Awards and honors== 1968Nebula Award nominee 1998Locus Poll Award, All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 (Place: 51) ==See also== Biorobotics ==References== ==Further reading== First published in Philip K.
A version was released in 1994 that featured Matthew Modine and Calista Flockhart. A new audiobook version was released in 2007 by Random House Audio to coincide with the release of Blade Runner: The Final Cut.
A version was released in 1994 that featured Matthew Modine and Calista Flockhart. A new audiobook version was released in 2007 by Random House Audio to coincide with the release of Blade Runner: The Final Cut.
The comic garnered a nomination for "Best New Series" from the 2010 Eisner Awards.
In May 2010, BOOM! Studios began serializing an eight-issue prequel subtitled Dust To Dust, written by Chris Roberson and drawn by Robert Adler.
Following the international success of the film, the title Blade Runner was adopted for some later editions of the novel, although the term itself was not used in the original. ====Radio==== As part of their Dangerous Visions dystopia series in 2014, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a two-part adaptation of the novel.
The episodes were originally broadcast on Sunday 15 June and 22 June 2014. ====Audiobook==== The novel has been released in audiobook form at least twice.
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