Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Lesson Plan

In 1968 Phillip K. Dick changed the science fiction genre forever with his radical new novel about super-smart androids and the men who hunt them. The book did not initially garner critical or commercial acclaim. In fact, it was largely overlooked until the highly-successful film adaptation, Blade Runner, was released in 1981. Since the death of its author, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? has been retrospectively hailed as a classic of the genre. Rather than being an examination of hard science, the novel instead is a mind-bending excursion into the human psyche. In the post-war wreckage of a future-earth, dark reflections of religion, media, technology and consumerism inspire...