The androids dream is a science fiction novel by american writer john scalzi the title is a reference to philip k dicks do androids dream of electric sheep. The androids dream is a fun book that starts out with essentially a passing gas joke with that start i wasnt quite sure what to expect from it but it turns out to be a really well done book. 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 1968 the novel is set in a post apocalyptic san francisco where earths life has been greatly damaged by nuclear global war. The androids dream is a fun book that starts out with essentially a passing gas joke with that start i wasnt quite sure what to expect from it but it turns out to be a really well done book. 390 do androids dream of electric sheep blade runner 1 philip k dick 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 1968