Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is the third of four novels in the book I purchased at a library sale.
Rick Deckard is a bounty hunter of escaped androids in the post-apocalyptic San Francisco area. Deckard uses various empathy tests to distinguish androids from humans. His latest assignment will be a tough one: retiring six escaped Nexus-6 model androids who hospitalized his colleague.
I was fascinated by the use of animals as status symbols: real animals are best, but electronic ones will do in a pinch. People pretend the electronic animals are real to preserve their higher status. The religion--Mercerism--is based around a TV personality. That part doesn't seem as far-fetched as other elements in the novel.
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