Philip K. Dick

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? & A Scanner Darkly

US$150

Illustrated by Andrew Archer, Chris Skinner

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and A Scanner Darkly are two of Philip K. Dick’s most celebrated novels. In this celebrated Folio Society collector’s edition, these classics of dystopian science fiction are presented in a mind-bending format – two illustrators, two covers, one spectacular book.

US$150

Book Details

Presentation Box & BindingQuarter-bound in blocked cloth with paper sides
Plain slipcase

Dimensions10 inches x 6¾ inches

FontSet in Mentor with Neptune display

Pages488 pages

AuthorPhilip K. Dick

Illustrated byAndrew Archer, Chris Skinner

Illustration12 full-page colour integrated illustrations and one double-page-spread colour illustration by both artists

Publication Date21/09/2017

Editor's Notes

It is difficult to measure the impact of Philip K. Dick’s work. Not only did his stories and novels win awards and influence an entire generation of science-fiction writers, many of his works have been adapted into film and continue to inspire directors to this day. Alongside Ridley Scott’s genre-changing Blade Runner, inspired by Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the films Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly and the recent television series The Man in the High Castle all owe their existence to his imagination. For this special Folio edition we have brought together two classic titles in an appropriately mind-bending format: read one, then turn the book upside down to enter the altered reality of the next.

About the Illustrator

Chris Skinner
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Chris Skinner is an illustrator and motion-graphics artist based in the UK. Taking inspiration from artistic movements such as Art Deco and Film Noir, he uses a mixture of techniques in his illustration including traditional media, 2D digital, 3D modelling, and digital sculpting to create artwork based on popular film and graphic novels. He has been commissioned by Marvel, DC Comics, 20th Century Fox, Universal, and the BBC.

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Chris Skinner
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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Chris Skinner
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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Andrew Archer
A Scanner Darkly

Andrew Archer is a New Zealand-born illustrator based in Melbourne, Australia. Originally a graphic designer, Archer now focusses solely on illustration. Since 2006 he has worked for clients such as Wired, Penguin Books, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Vogue. Inspired by surrealism, wood-block prints, the Edo period of Japanese art, ideograms, and his time spent in Asia, his work is a mix of hallucinogenic colour and rhythmic line.

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Andrew Archer
A Scanner Darkly

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Andrew Archer
A Scanner Darkly

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About the Author

Philip K. Dick was born in Chicago in 1928. At around the age of 12, Dick read his ﬁrst science-ﬁction magazine, which led to a lifelong engagement with the genre. After a brief stint at the University of Berkeley in 1949, he worked in a record store, Art Music Company. He wrote full-time from 1951, when he sold his ﬁrst short story, and went on to produce 44 novels and ﬁve collections of short stories. Dick struggled to achieve mainstream success – his non-science-ﬁction novels being returned by his agent in 1963 – but received enormous acclaim in the science-ﬁction world for his works exploring metaphysics, theology and politics. His best-known novels include The Man in the High Castle (1962; Folio Society, 2015), which won the Hugo Award in 1963; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968; Folio Society, 2017); and  Ubik (1969; Folio Society, 2019). Folio's collections of his short stories include The Complete Short Stories (Folio Society, 2021) and Selected Short Stories (Folio Society, 2022). Married ﬁve times, Dick died in 1982.

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