菲利普•迪剋（Philip K. Dick），美國科幻文學界的傳奇人物，共齣版44部長篇小說和121篇短篇小說，曾獲雨果奬和坎貝爾奬。作品集中探討“何為真實”以及“個體身份建構”。代錶作有《少數派報告》《尤比剋》《仿生人會夢見電子羊嗎？》《高堡奇人》《流吧！我的眼淚》等。盛名經久不衰，有多部作品被改編成電影，包括《銀翼殺手》《少數派報告》《全麵迴憶》等，一再催生票房新高。以其名字命名的菲利普•K.迪剋奬是美國科幻界的主要奬項之一。

"The most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world."

--John Brunner

THE INSPIRATION FOR BLADERUNNER. . .

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published in 1968. Grim and foreboding, even today it is a masterpiece ahead of its time.

By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep. . .

They even built humans.

Emigrees to Mars received androids so sophisticated it was impossible to tell them from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans could wreak, the government banned them from Earth. But when androids didn't want to be identified, they just blended in.

Rick Deckard was an officially sanctioned bounty hunter whose job was to find rogue androids, and to retire them. But cornered, androids tended to fight back, with deadly results.

"[Dick] sees all the sparkling and terrifying possibilities. . . that other authors shy away from."

--Paul Williams

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