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A01127344. Rodrigo Martnez Alcal.

1st book report. Do androids dream of electric sheeps?

The book describes the events of a post apocalyptic world after a war called World
War Terminus where mankind in order to survive has to move away from earth to
space colonies like Mars.
Not everyone can emigrate and they have to remain in earth. Survivors live in a hostile
world covered with lethal dust and the inhabitants of the earth utilize a mood box to
become less conscious of the reality to become productive. The dust affects animals
and leads almost all of them to the brink of extinction. This is the reason of the
creation of electric animals.
People cognitively affected by the dust are called chikenheads.
The story follows the life of Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter who chases illegal andys
(androids) on earth due to their irregular status because their prime purpose is to
serve people in outer space. They arent allowed to live on earth, if this happens, it
means they killed their owners and escaped from their colonies.
Deckard owns an electric sheep but he despises it, and aims to own a real animal. In
order to reach his intention he commences to hunt a group of 6 andys distributed
among his territory in San Francisco.

I enjoy dystopian novels and thats why I selected this reading.
The autor depicts a dreadful scenario where people ought to run away from earth or
stay there and find a way to survive. However both options are equally miserable.
Up until chapter thirteen, Ive found three fundamental elements in the novel: organic
animals, androids and some sort of religion (Buster Friendly or Mercenism).
I believe that animals fill the void found in earth inhabitants due to the cruel reality.
Andys are built to serve mankind in outer space but given what Ive read, somehow
they have feelings and do not agree with the fate settled by their creators. Allegedly
they kill their owners and emigrate to earth to live as humans.
Wilbur Mercer and Buster Friendly fight against each other for humanitys mind
control trying to entice as many followers by making them feel good with themselves.