title: Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep? #8 (Of 24)
author: Philip K. Dick
description: Adapting the cult classic science-fiction novel that inspired Ridley Scott's film Blade Runner! Philip K. Dick's masterwork ramps up as Rick Deckard stalks the elusive Nexus-6 android Luba Luft. Finding himself in an old opera house, Deckard encounters some serious trouble. The ongoing hunt won't be over until the fat lady sings! Covers by Brett Weldele and Scott Keating.
zlib_text: THE ANDROID'S DREAM
  John Scalzi
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  A human diplomat creates an interstellar incident when he kills an alien diplomat in a
  most…unusual…way. To avoid war, Earth's government must find an equally unusual object: A type of
  sheep ("The Android's Dream"), used in the alien race's coronation ceremony.
  To find the sheep, the government turns to Harry Creek, ex-cop, war hero and hacker extraordinare,
  who with the help of Brian Javna, a childhood friend turned artificial intelligence, scours the earth looking
  for the rare creature. And they find it, in the unknowing form of Robin Baker, pet store owner, whose
  genes contain traces of the sheep DNA.
  But there are others with plans for the sheep as well: Mercenaries employed by the military. Adherents of
  a secret religion based on the writings of a 21st century science fiction author. And alien races, eager to
  start a revolution on their home world and a war on Earth.
  To keep our planet from being enslaved, Harry will have to pull off the g