Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory

Mercerism

Feeling a little down about your post-apocalyptic life, full of empty apartment buildings and electronic sheep? Enter Mercerism, a new religion based on the life and teachings of a man named Wilbur...

Donkey and Toad

One of the weirder parts of the Mercer mythos is the importance of the donkey and the toad, "the creatures most important to him." These might be pretty ordinary animals, but in the future, they've...

Androids and the Rosen Association

There's a lot to be said about the androids of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Like, a lot a lot. Each android character brings new concepts of what it means to be an artificially created hum...

Animals

After World War Terminus, the world became—how to say this politely?—a hot mess. Entire cities were destroyed, large swaths of wilderness were wiped out, and entire animal species died thanks t...

The Voigt-Kampff Test

In the future, androids have invaded Earth from space colonies and live among humans. They could be your boss, your neighbor, your dentist, and you'd never know it. And while we at present-day Shmo...

Penfield Mood Organ

Penfield Mood Organs are devices used by future citizens to regulate their emotions. (But does it come in chewable tablets?) All they have to do is find the proper emotion number in the manual, dia...

Kipple

Don't look, but chances are there's kipple hanging around your life somewhere right now. No, no, it's not you specifically—it's just that kipple is everywhere, because it's the representation of...