by Philip K. Dick · Oxford University Press España, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780194792226
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«Oxford Bookworms 5. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?» is the graded science fiction reader by Philip K. Dick, in paperback, in English.
In a San Francisco covered in radioactive dust, real animals have almost died out and people live with electric pets. Rick Deckard, an android hunter, must locate and retire six androids who have fled Mars; they are machines that think and behave like humans, raising moral dilemmas. The novel inspired Blade Runner.
It belongs to Oxford Bookworms Library level 5, with 1800 headwords and 31,300 words of text. Adapted by Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter; includes audio.
For English learners who want to strengthen their reading comprehension with a classic science fiction work; recommended from age 16.
Philip Kindred Dick was an American science fiction short story writer and novelist. He wrote 45 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines. His fiction explored varied philosophical and social questions such as the nature of reality, perception, human nature, and identity, and commonly featured characters struggling against alternate realities, illusory environments, monopolistic corporations, drug abuse, authoritarian governments, and altered states of consciousness. He is considered one of the most important figures in 20th-century science fiction.
