Blade Runner: Originally published as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Free Audiobook Download by Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick's novel of the same name was originally written as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in 1968 and has since been adapted into a film by Ridley Scott, as well as many other literary and cinematic retellings. The story is set in an dystopian future where androids cannot be distinguished from humans, and it is a detective's job to uncover their secrets.

Blade Runner is a 2019 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve. It is the third film in the Blade Runner franchise and an adaptation of Phillip K. Dick's 1968 novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The film stars Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri and Lennie James.

This American Science Fiction classic is the story of Rick Deckard, a Blade Runner (a bounty hunter who hunts and "retires" replicants - human-like robots). After retiring a group of four replicants on their own, Rick begins to believe he may have retired four too many.

The first time I heard this story was as a part of a bedtime story that my mom read to me. The second time I heard it, I understood why she loved it so much. It is truly unlike anything else in its grasp of the human condition, and fear.

In the original Blade Runner, Rick Deckard is a thirty-six year old blade runner. This is how the story begins. He's a bounty hunter tasked with "retiring" rogue androids for the Los Angeles Police Department - as well as hunting down a legendary replicant called Rick Deckard himself.

Blade Runner is set in a dystopian future where humans and androids coexist. The story follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter who tracks down renegade androids to ensure peace in the society. The novel's style was highly influential on many other science fiction works of the time.