A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade Runner

One of The Atlantic s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature, and for people who can t afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep. They ve even bu ...