Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is Philip K. Dick's science fiction novel, first published by Doubleday in Garden City, New York, in 1968. In a San Francisco damaged by nuclear war, bounty hunter Rick Deckard hunts six escaped androids. It was loosely filmed as Blade Runner (1982).
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Doubleday, 1968
- First published
- Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1968
- First UK edition
- Rapp & Whiting, 1969
The first edition of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick was published in Garden City, N.Y by Doubleday in 1968. We track 2 editions.
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- Rapp & Whiting1969 Hardback Sold £700 · Sep 2020 I own Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Rapp & Whiting 1969 Log in to want this
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- 90 on Open Library, 32 in English
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Who published the first edition of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep??
The first edition of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick was published in Garden City, N.Y by Doubleday in 1968.
How many editions of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? are there?
We track 2 editions of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
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