Do androids dream of electric sheep retitled blade runner do androids dream of electric sheep in some later printings is a science fiction novel by american writer philip k dick first published in 1968the novel is set in a post apocalyptic san francisco where earths life has been greatly damaged by a nuclear global war leaving most animal species endangered or extinct. Do androids dream of electric sheep covers a day in the life and deliberations of a bounty hunter with the san francisco police department his job requires him to retire rogue andys androids ones that have killed their human owners in colonies and escaped servitude to live on earth deckard receives an order to retire six . Do androids dream of electric sheep by phillip k dick to maren augusta bergrud august 10 1923 june 14 1967 and still i dream he treads the lawn walking ghostly in the dew pierced by my glad singing through yeats auckland a turtle which explorer captain cook gave to the king of tonga in 1777 died yesterday it was nearly 200 years old. Philip k dicks novel do androids dream of electric sheep is probably his best known work and was adapted into the well known movie blade runner it follows the story of bounty hunter rick