'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep', US first edition with extensive original correspondence letters signed by Dick

Dick, Philip K.

Published by Doubleday, 1968

About this Item

Philip Kindred Dick (1968) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep , US first edition, first printing, published by Doubleday. Housed in a beautiful grey full leather solander case which protects and presents the book perfectly on the shelf. Together with original correspondence letters between PK Dick and the sci-fi scholar Patricia Warrick discussing his work, his state of mind, and personal affairs, signed by Dick. Condition of the book: a fine unread copy in like dust jacket. Clean throughout; there are no previous owner s scribbles of any sorts, no bookplates, no stamps. Boards are clean, no bumps. Page block edges clean with no foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped showing the USD 3.95 price as called for. The wrapper has no tears whatsoever. Notice that the spine s lettering has retained the original colour and is NOT faded as often seen. Minuscule creasing to head of spine which does not detract from the fine verdict of this specimen. A dream copy of one of the most iconic and best sci-fi titles published in the 20th century which gained fame with the Ridley Scott Blade Runner (1982) adaptation. The correspondence letters: Four original typed PK Dick letters signed by him; two original Mailgrams; two original letters by K.W. Jeter; and six copies of Patricia Warrick s letters addressed to PKD. The letters span from 8 April until 26 July 1978. They deal with Dick s work. In his first letter Dick expresses his admiration for Warrick s essay on The Man in the High Castle, discusses androids and his novel Do Androids… in the context of schizoid personality and schizophrenia, and laments the inaccurate German translation of Ubik. In his second letter he reveals that he read Stendhal and was influenced by the French realists; despairs about the prospect of his mother and girlfriend dying of cancer. His third letter takes up Warrick s essay on Man in the High Castle and discusses in great length eastern philosophy, gnosticism and Christianity. Dick includes a drawing, signs with Love, Phil and adds a handwritten sentence at the bottom of the letter to clarify Ubik. Both Dick and his friend Jeter are persuading Warrick to a personal meeting which Warrick considers carefully as a close relationship might influence her writing about Dick and the interpretation of his work. Warrick states in one letter that she writes an essay on Do Androids. for a sci-fi conference. In the fourth letter PKD reveals that he fell out with fellow sci-fi writers Ursula K. LeGuin and Stanislaw Lem and compares the situation to …when your cat won t talk to you because you ran out of tuna and are feeding him super supper which he hates. He states that he has a bi-cameral brain and has a second personality in his brain which dictated most of UBIK. He also reveals that he wrote The Zap Gun and Penultimate Truth in three weeks. Included are also five original mailing envelopes (four from PKD, one from K.W. Jeter). Patricia Warrick (1925-2023) was an academic at the University of Wisconsin where she taught English. She edited multiple sci-fi anthologies and also became an author in her own right. Her in depth-study of PK Dick earned her many awards and she became his close friend. Kevin Wayne Jeter (*1950) was PK Dick s friend and collaborators on numerous projects. He coined the term steampunk and wrote three sequels to Blade Runner of which plot lines served as basis for the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was famously adapted as Blade Runner by Ridley Scott in 1982 and Dick approved of the film as he was able to see the opening scenes only months prior to its release. Had he lived he would have finally witnessed the widespread recognition of his work and more film adaptations which followed. First and Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep', US first edition with extensive original correspondence letters signed by Dick
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication Date: 1968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)