Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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Philip K. Dick

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In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, animals symbolize how World War Terminus, which devasted the natural world, has changed how people conceive of their humanity. Real animals are exceedingly rare, and many species have…

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